A Wine Glass in the Shelf

A Wine Glass in the Shelf

By: Ni Wayan Novita Yuliantari

A wine glass, stand still inside the shelf

Need to be cherished, filled with hope

A wine glass, remembering itself

Hiding a deep scar, only hope

Its stem holding its want, love, and word

Till its beauty fades, lose its price

Holding a sweet pain of a sharp sword

Filled with longing of gentle voice

A wine glass in the shelf, wait a hand

Standing gathering dust forever

Waiting a powerful magic wand

Changing its sorrow, but never

Yearning to be filled with a sweet joy

No more accuse innocent shelf

Remember the day of a prized joy

Not shift for others, just itself

This poem is created based on my GELAS story.

Well, my poem “A Wine Glass in the Shelf” is actually about a woman who has patience and loyalty for someone. In this poem, the word “a wine glass” means a woman. This woman is different from another woman because of her heart. In this poetry, we can see that this wine glass is placed in the shelf and it is used just when it is needed. It means that though someone who is waited by this woman is usually need her just when he needs her and then forgets her when he does not need her anymore, this woman still hides her sorrow and pain. She just tries to remember day when she can feel joy with that man. Actually, she does not want to be cared only when that man needs her, but she wants to be with that man all the time. That is the reason why she is still patient and loyal to face the fact. Hopefully, he does not place her as a wine glass in the shelf anymore since she is not a replacement of other women places.

I hope this poem will inspire you about patience, sincerity and loyalty. But, as a woman, when we have huge crush on someone, we should clever enough to decide what we should do.

*) Thanks to Mr. Drummer who has inspired me to write this poem~

-Ni Wayan Novita Yuliantari-