SIAMIR MARULAFAU

 

 

Unrequited Love

 

Across a thousand miles of sea I drift,

though mountains remain unscaled

your face dissolves into mist,

and only seagulls dive through emptiness,

their cries slicing the breathless air

The wind turns against me;

the sky, stripped of mercy, withholds its light

My sorrow splinters upon the vessel I inhabit,

chasing blossoms that never bloom on land

My heart—adrift, uncertain

lingers at a harbor that no longer remembers me

Where shall this restless longing moor again?

Love uncertain no longer burns;

it flickers into shadow,

reaching for warmth that does not return

Awaken, my love

for desire is but the play of dust and dream

At dusk, the body bends upon the waiting pier,

its season of bloom long gone

The petals wilt before the sun arrives,

and wealth cannot buy back the tide

Even the waves withdraw from the poor,

refusing the embrace of sorrow

Think, my heart—think,

before twilight sinks into the brittle earth;

for love, once exiled to foreign shores,

is destined to vanish

scorched into silence

beneath the merciless sun

December 7th, 2025

 

How Can I Miss The Love

 

Never I get rid of from the real

That the love I kept in heart

Is really a true love

 

So far I keep the flower in thy life

Never I betray for a while

But what happen in today’s time

 

Still a question…

To whom I address the love

If not for the beautiful flower

Since then I used to appreciate

 

Tell me what to do

Before the sun comes down

Life is just for a moment

I am in the love

 

I appreciate what I have seen

It is not a secret love

But it is a true…

Never be found around the world

December 30th, 2025.  Copyright

 

SIAMIR MARULAFAU

 

SIAMIR MARULAFAU: (Indonesia) He is a bilingual poet, writer and author who writes in English and Indonesian language. He has published 9 books. He is an active member of various poetry groups on Facebook and participates in many poetry contests. His writings are part of several national and international magazines, newspapers, journals and anthologies. He has won many awards for his poetry. Currently, he works as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Vocational, University of Sumatra Utara, Medan-Indonesia