Blue Rose To Novia

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Published in the Nova, Tabloid Please Visit the site! 10/17/2004 Past be 697 times


AIRPORTS Adelweis such as clot in the Room, an in-patient rooms, at the Fatmawati Hospital, South Jakarta. And, in the beds of all-white, Novia lie frozen in time, which also congeal. He did not dare to calculate how many more times clockwise in the room that passes the number twelve, the approaching doom that menjemputnya.

Doctors predict he has been around a month because of the acute leukimia, and the only one that he is waiting from kekasihnya saraiki blue roses. Yes, the blue roses. Not a red or white roses. And, only saraiki, or not shock people.

But, do blue roses? The lovers, Norhuda, is not sure. That he never see the roses are red, white, or yellow. It grows in dense flowering and his home page. But, the blue roses? He was not sure. Interest in blue see that he had only months orchids and carnations. However, not exactly blue, but keunguan.

"Do you believe there are blue roses, I'd?"

"I am sure. I never see them. "

"Not in a dream?"

"It's not. In a park. But, I forget the garden. Taste-taste in Jakarta. "

Norhuda halt. From the ball eyes radiated doubt, and was arrested by Novia.

"Look, I'd. Do not hesitate. Only it ironic that I'm from, as demand terakhirku. Look with love. "Novia try convincing.

So, with love, Go find Norhuda saraiki blue roses kekasihnya the request. He directly to the parks city, and go through all the corners. Not find it there, he go through all the parks owned by the seller of ornamental plants and flower shops. Even he could enter the villages and complex housing and real estate, check each home and gardens there. Spend-to-day, he asked the question here to there, looking for blue roses.

"Interest in blue roses of where I? I'm in need "here on a student IPB, kentalnya friend.

"Ah, there it is only you. So if you look up to the end of the world is baseball yet. "

"But, Novia ever see."

"Interest paper time!"

"Do not kidding! This is serious. The age he lived two weeks. Only saraiki blue roses that he requested to be taken from the dead. "

"If indeed there should not be how?"

Norhuda weak hear the answers. He was aware, not everyone will find something that can never exist, unless God suddenly created. But how he must ensure that Novia rose is not there, other than in the dream. Do not really see it only in dreams?

* * *

NORHUDA sit tercenung bench in the park, in one corner of Monas Park. He menyapukan eyes again to all corners of the garden - the work that he is back to re-bored. He still hopes to find blue roses in there, or a miracle that can be saraiki raise roses blue carpet of grass in the middle of the park. "Is not God have the power kun fayakun? If God said, 'so' then 'be'. Yes, I do not pray, just apply it? "It.

"O God, with the strength yakun kun fa-Mu, mekarkanlah saraiki blue roses in kindergarten now," shout Norhuda suddenly, while standing, menadahkan and mendongak hands to the heavens.

Not long after there was a shabby old man, with a ragged T-shirts and trousers worn, coming and sitting beside them. Rotten smell directly offensive Norhuda and make queasy. Tacky this never bathe it. Norhuda the pantatnya, intends soon to move to another seat. However, the parents suddenly have a voice raspy:

"Sorry, Goodman. Can I ask you please? "

"Ask what you please, Sir?"

"Mr. House was there. Mr. dare not cross itself. Fearing lost. Been workin two jobs been workin two jobs been workin two jobs. "

Parents, which was blind, the cough-cough and spit vain. Norhuda increasingly loathe it.

"The city is really like a forest, misleading. Many animals buasnya. Tigers, crocodiles, rhinoceros, poisonous snakes, rats decay, lizard, chameleon, Cockroach, all are here. Scholarships should be careful, Goodman, not to be their victim. "

"I never want to go home now?"

"Yes yes, Goodman. Transfer to be home? "

Norhuda also a headache. Looking for a blue rose has not been available, suddenly now there are parents requested transfer squalid home. Until the house. And for that he must hold vomiting because of the smell of rotten old man is. Although rather heavy heart, Norhuda forced to lead the blind men. He must often hold breath to reject the rotten smell of the old male body.

"Mr. live in the village of what?"

"In the villages across."

"Oops .... Mr. what was up to here? "

"Train electricity. Mr. rise was from Bogor, like home, but kebablasan up here. So, yes please transfer, Goodman. Mr. kebablasan afraid again. "

Norhuda forced to accompany their parents tunanetra that, with the rise of KRL Gambir station. Once up to the coach, men gembel was practicing the profession, sponge, and Norhuda forced menuntunnya from passenger to passenger. So, become a beggar with tunanetra it, with shame and arrest worried lest surprised i

"Sorry, yes, Goodman. The father can only ask this as connecting to life. But, Mr. think this is better than the thief or a corruptor. Previously Mr. ever so masseur. But now no longer behavior, because already too old, "the man gembel the trick.

***

Glu from KRL in the station Lenteng Agung, day afternoon. The old man invites Norhuda crossing to the east, and invites along a corridor. Each asked in the house where, in the alley what, how, RT and RW does, the old man is always pointing to the east, until they reached the edge of Kali Ciliwung. At that time, accidentally, Norhuda see segerumbul plants with flowers in blue on the edge of a growing spread of rerumputan.

"But, Sir, I need that interest."

Norhuda rushing to plant flowers, and correct, the blue rose, which grows wild on the edge of the carpet rerumputan roadside trails that hug the slopes of Kali Ciliwung. He directly with the full squat and ecstasy cite some bud, and the smell-ciumnya with passionate. Fragrant flowers was so relationship, such as the smell of expensive perfume. When it is, suddenly heard a voice hoarse old man who was with them from the rear:

"BUT, this uangmu. I put in here yes. I say goodbye first. "

Norhuda directly turned toward the sound. But there is no who-who, except for a bag of cloth worn teronggok in the back. With eyes, Norhuda looking old man is in every street corner and edge times, but did not find it. Weird, man it is raib it.

Norhuda feel a little afraid. Living-guessing nebak who gembel man who brought them to the place and raib it. Malaikatkah he? Jin? Hidir or Prophet? He had heard stories about the Prophet Hidir who reputedly live along the rivers and the like putting a man gembel. Norhuda merinding understand.

***

AFTER blue roses in hand, the only one who thought by Norhuda is soon to bring kekasihnya, Sovia, who are dying at the Fatmawati Hospital. He sangaja choose a taxi to cruise fast to it.

In Adelweis Room, Novia is a comma. Diinfus blood red hands, nose closed oxygen mask. Removing the eyes with color pallid face. Father and the mother of the girl sitting nearby with a worried face.

With panic Sovia also Norhuda close and whisper in the ears, "Novia, you heard me. I have found the blue roses that you wait. I bring this for you. "

Suddenly the girl had opened her eyes, and slowly moving his hands, open the oxygen mask from the nose.

"Where the interest is, why," he said soft.

"This."

With the right hand Novia interest to reach it, then stick to the nose and inhale harumnya full with passion. Slowly become a fresh face color.

"Interest will menyembuhkanku. This interest in the kulihat dream. This is certainly of interest from heaven. I was, however, you can find. I will eat it. "

Novia really takes interest, the piece-by-piece kelopaknya. Shortly later, with a smile menyunggingkan lips, slowly take his eyes. He sleeps with blue roses nestle saraiki remaining.



Pamulang, June 2004