Lawang Sewu

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Lead light plays across the stairs


Tiny coloured pieces make the whole

Tell me your stories, light of old


Why were you built

What do you represent


A wheel, crown, bird and two women

A fruit tree, sword, and woman with lion


Who dreamt you, beauty of old

Born in an age where rule was afar


A thousand doors open to you

Paper shufflers ran past your frame


Did any stop to admire your beauty

Did anyone ask, would you remain


Lawang Sewu, I've witness your beauty

Lawang Sewu, I read of your pain


Lawang Sewu, you beckoned me to you

To see you reborn, as a tourist I came


Now I leave wiser, for I have seen

Your beauty remains, despite your ordeals 

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