Di Bumi, hanya satu sendok teh bintang neutron
akan berbobot enam miliar ton. Enam miliar ton
sama dengan berat kolektif setiap hewan
di bumi. Termasuk serangga. Tiga kali lipat.
Enam miliar ton kedengarannya mustahil
sampai aku mempertimbangkan bagaimana rasanya menelan kesedihan—
hanya satu sendok teh dan seseorang mungkin sudah mengonsumsinya
bintang neutron. Seberapa padatnya,
bagaimana ia membawa serta memori keruntuhan.
Betapa sulitnya untuk bergerak saat itu.
Betapa mustahilnya untuk percaya bahwa ada sesuatu
bisa mengangkat beban itu.
Ada banyak alasan untuk saling memperlakukan
dengan penuh kelembutan. Satu adalah
sungguh suatu keajaiban bahwa kita bisa bersama di sini
di sebuah planet yang dikelilingi oleh bintang-bintang yang sekarat.
Salah satunya adalah kita tidak bisa melihat apa
ada orang lain yang telah menelannya.
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Saksikan dan dengarkan Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer membacakan puisi ini sebagai “cinepoem” di sini .
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This is the highest expression of grief and the best bridge to gratitude that I have ever read in my life! Speechless.
A very unique cinepoem - inspiring and thought-provoking, thanks. From cradle to coffin, life is a brief journey, declare several of our wise and elderly gems, who continue to remain young at heart. "There are many reasons to treat each other with great tenderness. One is the sheer miracle that we are here together on a planet surrounded by dying stars" - Rosemerry W. T.
Dear Good Folks at DailyGood, thank you for sharing my poem! There are two versions here, you have the most recent and somehow a very old version, too ... this here is the correct text, but on the home page there is text that includes a railway (which was the original, but I changed it several years ago ...) Sorry I let several versions into the world. How confusing! Can you please make them all this version (as it is on gratefulness.org). Thank you! Rosemerry
Rosemerry is such a gift to our world. How she is so adept at bridging grief with gratitude and beauty.
Here's to being stardust together