The Land of Hope

That day, I was just riding around with my boyfriend and his green motorcycle; he said that I gotta see this beautiful garden that's located not far away from where we live. At first, I was completely uninterested and apathetic until he worked his words of wisdom to make me see this place with my own eyes. 

The front gate of this "heaven-look-alike" is not very alluring. My head was speaking for itself, "I'm not in the mood for nature, and some bugs getting the satisfaction of slashing my skin while savoring the taste of my blood."

However, when I stepped my feet right onto this place, all those speculations were vanished with no trace. For a second, I wanted to feel free and enjoy every moment the best I could. Heck, I played a scenario in my head and wouldn't want to be waken up to face reality.

In my imagination, I can see bliss, freedom, happiness, and never ending laughter of the people who step foot on this land. There is no such thing as sorrow, poignancy, agony, and heartache because these people live by the words hope and love. We all love each other, care about each other, and would never see others as our competitors because jealousy is the root of rage, hatred, and resentment. We are brave, we are free, we are great in what we do, we are honest, and we do not cry. The only cry you'd ever hear in this world is when all the kids were playing around and suddenly fall off the ground.

This land is full of greens, different types of flowers, blue sky, and a huge lake with fishes and other beautiful creatures inside it. We aren't scared of nature because it is us. We don't seek wealth because we are happy with what we have. We do not kill others because they all are a part of us. We obey our own rules because we want peace, we need peace. We embrace and conserve our lands with our lives because this beautiful world is ours. That is why we should care.

Only if. Only if this kind of world does exist, no wars, no violence or brutality, no destructiveness. Is it possible to even wish because until now there are still wars and the crave of power and wealth? These endless thoughts brought me back to the world, Indonesian, American history that I had been studying for approximately nine years when I was in middle school and high school. Do you remember all those wars, deaths, and sufferings that each country had gone through to gain independence and powerful forces? Even though in this very moment, we might still feel that this world that we live in is full of monsters that suck the kindness out of human's heart, I wouldn't deny that we, in this generation, are fortunate enough not to experience those wars back in the 80's or the years before that.

I apologize if I sound like I'm rambling or perhaps I actually do, but I just want to set my mind free and write what flows into this small brain of mines. 

Do you have your own imagination of the Neverland? What do you think about this world that we live in? 

LOVE,