sapa ramah bartender menepis raguku
aku selalu suka senyumnya
mencerahkan hari hari yang penat
Aku langkahkan kakiku menepi
ke kursi yang biasa aku duduk
music sendu mengalun hangat
sehangat musim panas di tepi pantai
Sebotol root beer tersodor di hadapanku
Kataku, "aku tak memesan ini"
lagi bartender tersenyum dan menjawab
"pria muda di sudut sana yang memesannya"
Aku mengarahkan wajahku kesana
pria muda itu melambaikan tangannya
senyumnya bersinar terang di redupnya cahaya bar
akupun tersenyum sambil meneguk root beer darinya
Entah bagaimana, pria muda itu
ku ijinkan duduk di sampingku
membiarkannya bercerita tentang hal-hal
aku seolah-olah mendengarkannya penuh antusias
Namun tidak, pikiranku berkelana ke tempat lain
ke hal-hal yang tak di mengerti oleh dunia
yang tak di pahami oleh manusia
dan tak terselami oleh samudra raya
Akhirnya aku dan dia
bersama di dalam mobil mustang hitamnya
dengan root beer yang masih tersisa
aku merasa sangat cantik hari itu, walau sebenarnya aku tidak
Kami berbagi cinta, cinta yang tiba-tiba
sesejuk root beer mengalir ke tubuhku
aku bisa melihat keindahan pelangi sesaat
dan kegembiraan terpancar di wajahnya
Aku minta kepadanya untuk melupakan semua cintanya
karena hal itu tidaklah nyata
menguap di udara di hempaskan oleh angin
seperti sebotol root beer yang telah ku teguk
The bar just opened an hour ago
A friendly bartender greeted me, dismissed my doubts
I always like her smile
brightens up tiring days
I stepped my feet aside
to the chair I usually sit in
Slow music played warmly
as warm as summer on the beach
A bottle of root beer was served in front of me
I said, "I didn't order this."
Again, the bartender smiled and answered
"The young man in the corner ordered it for you."
I turned my face to the corner
the young man waved his hand
his smile shone brightly in the dim light of the bar
I smiled too while taking a sip of root beer from him
Somehow, the young man
I allowed him to sit beside me
letting him tell me about things
I seemed to listen enthusiastically
But no, my mind wandered to other places
to things that the world doesn't understand
that humans don't comprehend
and the ocean can't fathom
But then he and I
together in his black mustang
in the red afternoon, the sky was clear
I felt so beautiful that day, even though I wasn't
We shared a love, a love that came suddenly
as cool as root beer flowing through my body
I could see the beauty of the rainbow for a moment
and the joy radiated from his face
I begged him to forget all of this
because it wasn't real
disappear into thin air, blown away by the wind
like a bottle of root beer that I've had
Wisconsin, 11/16/2024