Song of the Rainforest by Novia Rika P

Novia Rika P., she is an Indonesian writer and currently lives in South Tangerang. She has won several poetry competitions in her country and her works also appear on several international poetry journal. She was one of Indonesian delegation in World Festival of Youth 2017 in Russia, because of her activity on poetry and literature.

SONG OF THE RAINFOREST

the void

in dark humid atmosphere

growing intense

from forest floor

to canopies of trees

windswept detritus

swing a low tone, below

wild debrises of dead trees

spring soft white mold's wings

hares, wild deers are lurking

the land is singing

the wind carved trees

synthetizing sounds from heartwood

sky linear twigs razored the air

resonate to birds, migrating

by the movement of wind

swaying the green gowns

dense musical forest

from inside the mist

the song of water

the mizzle drips

echoing with a voice

of a man and his heart,

his guitar, his soul

lit by a stone-circled bonfire

singing the soul of the rainforest