Portrait of Indonesians - part 2

.... continued from part 1 ....

Ice coconut seller


Traditional herbal medicine seller


Drug store assistant

two haikus, by the window

silence happens when
kids are playing outside thus
just clock's tick inside




cold and windy night
stay together in my room :
a man and a lamp

Portrait of Indonesians - part 1

Here are some portrait of Indonesian people.
Not a movie star. Or famous one.
Just ordinary people.


A Pedicab Driver


A Chips Seller

Suddenly Silence

One day I was out with my wife. While she went to a store, I waited outside, enjoying the sight of a busy street. I took several snapshot with Pentax MX and 135/3.5 lens.




When suddenly all this happened in a moment :



suddenly silence

a man's face
turnin' left
and right

lookin' for pedestrian
that strangely
disappears

and the wind
that suddenly
stop whispers

Cermin

pada cermin di suatu pagi
ia keluhkan tentang wajah
dan rambutnya yang menurutnya
membosankan

"sebenarnya wajahmu telah berubah. namun
hatimu menolak mengakuinya" ujar si cermin

namun ia mencibir dan bergeming
berharap wajahnya berubah

ia benar-benar terperanjat esok paginya
saat tak dapat mengenali lagi
wajah yang terpampang cermin

"wajahmu telah berubah. karena itu sesuaikan
hatimu dengannya" saran si cermin

"kau tak memahamiku", raungnya

lalu cermin itu ditonjoknya keras-keras
sehingga buku-buku jarinya
berdarah-darah