Draft

Karma

(Geovani Budisari)

 

            The clock shows that the time is already 4:00 PM. Since it is winter, he has not taken bath for two days. Finally today he wants to clean himself. He grabs his stick which is beside his bed. He struggles a lot to stand up, using the stick he grabbed before. His old body no longer can endure his own body weight. With his body trembling, he has arrived at his bathub. The beautiful white bathub now has changed into yellowish since no one cleans it.

            After waiting for the water, he slowly gets into the bathub. The water is so warm, making him so comfortable. He starts to wash his body with solid soap that is almost finished. When he looks to his wrinkled hands, his tears start falling. "Look at all this wrinkles, I'm so old", he says. He looks around. "This murky bathroom, it makes me feel so lonely", he added. He cannot hold his tears. He lifts his head and stares to the ceiling, so his tears can stop falling.

            Three minutes passed. Five minutes passed. He starts to recall his memory when he still had everything to cheer up himself. He was one of the founders of a famous retail company. When he just started it, he was full of passion. He built the company together with his two friends. Ten years passes, he had not been satisfied although he already had a big home at downtown, some fancy cars, and of course a family. He misses that time, when he loved her family at the fullest and was grateful with all he had.

            Until one day, he betrayed his two friends.