4 Days At Home

Monday everything was perfect.
The beautiful rainy days from the week before filled the house with fresh scent of wet grass. A breeze came through the big open windows bringing with it the cool ocean air flowing to every corners of this house on a cliff. The house felt like a home, from the first ray of light at dawn shinning through the windows on all sides of the house till the bright stars in the sky lighted the back wooden floored terrace built with a sturdy foundation over the edge of the cliff facing the sea.

The days went forward filled with comedy and sweet drama inside this cliff - top home. The casual bickering and laughter were captured by the ears of every interior walls and turning them into a decoration throughout the house. Unwatched to the eyes of others, life was happening again in this house.

Came Friday.
Comedy turned into tragedy. Laughter turned into tears. Casual bickering turned into emotional terrors. There were no more mornings filled with the smelled of fresh brewed coffee and the fresh sweet scent of orange skin marmalade over hot pancakes on the large wooden kitchen table. There were no more sounds of DVD played on the flat screen monitor showing a tearjerker movie on the calm star filled evenings. The grandfather clock in one corner of the house has stopped ticking with its pendulum in a standstill just as if life was no longer happening.

The cliff - top home has turned once again into just a house. The house looked in perfect order as usual. White sheets bed was turned neatly as always. The large black comfortable sofa looked neat and unseated with all the oversize pillows tucked in and a soft light wool blanket sometimes used during the late night movie watching was folded nicely over one of the sofa arm. But the rainy days have stopped and the house felt dry and hollow. Still unwatched by others in the neighborhood, life has left leaving only recent memories cemented into the walls along with other memories of the past.

For a brief moment of four days the house was a home once again. Life went by so fast sometimes leaving no time for understanding or forgiveness except unfulfilled happiness. Four days at home after a years of emptiness and past mistakes. Mistakes that could not be undone and all the while life was happening elsewhere and possibly the discovery of new homes.

Days slipped by until one day the front gate was opened and the sound of a car engine was heard coming into the driveway. The noise of the front door being unlocked and the sound of steps on the parquette floor marked the time to make today count again and not let life slipped by without embracing the important things. Windows were opened again letting in the sea breeze flowing inside the interior. With the sound of a flame in the gas stove being turned on to make a fresh brewed coffee, the house was again trying to feel like home. Alone by itself for now while waiting for the rainy days to come.

(Inspired by Irwin Winkler's movie "Life As A House" starring Kevin Kline and Hayden Christensen and the memories of tons of stupid mistakes)

Comments

[Diki]

Anu..
Waktu lagu "Both Sides"nya masuk gokil banget gitu lho. Ya kan ya? Ya? Ya?.. :)

Di "Love Actually" juga gitu..

[Yoodi]

"Both Sides" nya Joni Mitchell...keren emang. Love Actually....si Hugh Grant bukan? lupa gue kaya apa filmnya.

[Sonia]

Love Actually,

si duta besar gokil (yang akhirnya mejeng di pic mbak Maggy) yang jatuh cinta ama anak buahnya bukan? bukan? iya? ya? nggak?

[Yoodi]

Knapa ya dia selalu jatuh cinta sama anak buahnya ? di "Two Weeks Notice" begitu juga bukan? ya gak..ya gak?. Ada lagunya Joni Mitchell lagi di situ tuh "Big Yellow Taxi"...

[Diki]

Hahahaha..
Kenapa gua jadi keinget Sophan Sopian dengan Garuda Indonesia-nya!!!

Mbak Sonia,
Kayaknya di film Love Actually, Hugh berperan sebagai Prime Minister deh.. secara ada 'plesetan' Bill Clinton with his sexual innuendo. :)

Oh iya, salam kenal Mbak Sonia.

[Sonia]

aku salah ya? iya nggak? nggak kalee.. ah pasti salah... hihi.. iya deng da prime minister w his white teeth. makasih diki. salam kenal balik :)