A Girl by The River

A Girl by the River

By Ikhtiarina Putri Shalehah

In one fine day, where the sky looks so blue and the birds are singing through, a girl with pink skirt is sitting by the river accompanied by a cat in her lap. She keep on thinking how peaceful it is to be here, by the river. It is because she likes the water, a cold water to heal her itchy feeling.  She also likes the greens grass, daffodils, and everything in her sight.

She has been waiting all day long if only she can get something interesting. By the way, she crossed the river once, hope to get something over the river. She does not walk far from the banks, knowing that the river is a life for her. When she finds none, she knows that nothing can satisfy her. It left her heart feels empty. She go back to the river when the sun almost set, the world over the river is not enough for her. So she go back to where she belong. Sitting by the river, wondering if the future is not scary as her nightmare last night.

The girl is looking around to the summer serenade, wondering if someone can sit next to her. She thinks that her cat is her very best companion, she thinks that her cat is enough for her life, but she realizes that it will never be. The girl starts to think what it is like to meet a prince charming. Someone riding a horse or someone driving a car. She never thinks about it any further. The prince charming is not really important. All that matter to her is only the river where the peace existed. She realizes that she do not need to go anywhere, because she can find what she need by the river.

The river has satisfy her. The river is the only little thing she needs, because she knows the river never complaining, although she has been telling the river everything. Because the river never get tired, although she gives her burden in it. The river cannot life without the water. Like her, she cannot life if it is not because the river. In her life, nothing can satisfy her as much as the river does.

Semarang, June 16th, 2016