To A.A. Johanna

I have begun a long journey
to the ocean of words
where from Monday to Sunday
phrases come and go like boats.

The sharp bends in the road
are but a rainbow-like path
leading to a broad-based world,
where the mind is free from death.

And in the ocean of words
all languages are boats.
If we want an easy sailing,
never stop our boatbuilding!

Yogyakarta, 16 May 2009