In this small house I live,
With my cozy bed and chair,
Books to read and food to eat,
No mind of worries only a soul of pure lady
Every day is the same for me,
Laying on my cozy bed with a book in my hand,
Fascinating scenes and ideas I could see,
By the stories written by the people I read
Bored with my routine I sing or dance,
Sometimes dozing in the bed for the whole day I be,
I wonder where I could feel the real stories I had read,
I wonder can I open the door to be free?
By the window I stare the open field,
Only green and brown of nature I see,
With few houses that I’ve never greet,
I wonder will there be other people like me?
Eagerly I ran to the door,
Hopefully it isn’t lock - it is not,
Suddenly my hand trembling and numb,
Due to my fear of break free and dangers might ahead
What stop me from open the door - I do wonder,
Why the fear of nothing haunting me,
Why the scary thoughts crawling in my mind,
Will there be someone to hurt me – again?
Been in this safe zone is a long time – too much of lease,
Lease of curiosity, dreams, happiness and freedom,
Why I’ve been here – old memories told me to do,
Hurt old memories told me to do.
By believe in myself and faith,
With a strong will and hand the door I open,
Abruptly and widely I let it be,
Myself with new hopes and dreams my foot are tread
Leaving behind the pain and sadden,
I know it’s been past ages with times had flee,
Let I be find my new adventures and merrily live.
With the happy scenes and stories that I had read.
YOU ARE READING
Small House
Poetrythis poem is in the structure of malay poem, where each paragraph consist of four lines. the 'small house' represents the feeling of the author to be always in rigid situations and routine daily life. however, in the end, the author make a break-fre...