STORY ON THE SHIP

I was walking on the ship

A ship that was owned by my Uncle

I'm here because my mother and father died.

No, where I go, I only knew my parents and my uncle.

One day I wore a dazzling white dress

This dress this my favorite

Because it makes me look like, princess and bride

Not only that

This is the last gift I received before my parents died

That's why it's so priceless to me

And very important

But suddenly something happened

Something bumped into me

And I feel something spill on my tummy

And when I saw

A, a plate is still yet stuck on my clothing

Hey, look what you've done to me!

I said to a child slave

And make a scene

This slave is so bold

She bumps into me

She never says sorry

Unknowingly that she is a mute

I say speaking in a loud voice

But she agitated and cry, bowing to me

After that incident

I go away to make myself cooler

Because I feel hot

And also the weather is so hot

Like I'm in a desert

I walk and walk

I go up and up until I arrive at the highest part

But while I was waking

I feel someone

Is in my behind

When I arrive at the highest part

I decided to see if someone is there

Then a familiar shadow

Little by little go near to me

Then suddenly stop after one meter away from me

I little by little see up who is that

It turns out it's uncle...

I ask him why he's following me

But he answered him in a poetic way

He said:

Look down, look down

Look down on the slaves

Do you see them?

Do you think they want to become a slave?

No one gonna knows

No one...

Freely or forcely

Maybe this is a fate

Or destined

If something or someone is for you

It is for you

It will happen to you

Remember don't judge others by what you see

Because our eyes were full of sore

Everything we saw can deceive us

Even what we hear

The only thing we rely on

Is our sense

Our sense of truth and lie

Don't say anything that makes others hurt

Especially if they didn't do bad

Or make a mistake

Put yourself into their shoes

Imagine that you are a slave

Imagine that you've made a mistake

Then they didn't accept your sorry

They didn't give a chance to you to speak or to defend yourself

So you become a pity

Like a mere slave that you despise

Because of your mere clothes

Did you embarrass them?

Clothes are just a clothes

Life is more precious than it

They say...

We only live once

You're considered as lucky

If you experience near-death experience

And live for a second time

Think first before you take an action

Remember, remember

Remember everything I tell

Yes, I will not forget any or each word you've tell to me

I said to him

At night...

I go to the slave's facilities, secretly

Their eyes become bigger

When they see me

When I go near to them

They shiver and become aggressive to avoid to me

Don't I'm here not to make a scene

Instead, I want to make peace

With each of you

Especially to that kid

That spoiled food in here

Come, come to me

I want to say sorry to you

I realize my wrong

I am a literate person

But I act illiterately

I become look like

Lower than the slave

Because of that manner

That I've shown to you

They accept my apology

And I hug them

From then I treat them well

And check if they are well

In the end...we became a family

Especially when after my uncle died

Then I am the one who looks after the ship

Now that I have my own family

I treat them as one too

I ask them also for some advice sometimes

And have a bonding time with them with my family.

The End