Mohon tunggu...
Ariani Kartika
Ariani Kartika Mohon Tunggu... Freelancer - Sudah keluar dari pekerjaan 9-5

Suka menulis dan membuat sabun artisan

Selanjutnya

Tutup

Humaniora

I Forced My Sister to Buy Me A Diamond Ring and I Lost It

20 Maret 2024   08:00 Diperbarui: 20 Maret 2024   08:03 112
+
Laporkan Konten
Laporkan Akun
Kompasiana adalah platform blog. Konten ini menjadi tanggung jawab bloger dan tidak mewakili pandangan redaksi Kompas.
Lihat foto
Foto oleh Sabrianna dari Unsplash

Until one day, I recalled about that ring. I rushed to take my handbag out of the closet and frantically searched in the inner pocket and at every corner of my handbag. But I couldn’t find the neatly wrapped tissue where I secured my precious ring.

I repeated the search several times, hoping the tissue-filled diamond would magically appear. But it didn’t happen.

My heart plunged deeply. I tried to remember what happened within a few days after my gym session.

I switched my handbag and transferred all the stuff to the other handbag. And usually, that was also when I threw away some ‘paper trash’ I accumulated from my handbag.

In the worst-case scenario, I might throw away the tissue, thinking it was trash. Oh, dear God. What had I done?

Trying to retrieve that ring from the main garbage bin in my apartment was pointless. It must have been taken away and transported to a landfill somewhere.

My heart sank in despair. That ring meant a lot to me. Yes, I forced my dear sister to buy it for me, but I didn’t plan to keep it forever. I planned that one day, I would give the ring to my niece once she grew up. Now, that moment that I had been waiting for had vanished.

I imagined the ring was buried under tons of waste and dirt. Soon, the tissues would disintegrate, and that pretty ring would open naked to the harsh elements of a dirty and stinky landfill.

Once all the organic matter decomposed into its other form, that poor ring would still be there, together with other forever chemical materials like plastic. What a tragic fate for such a beautiful ring.

My heart was never in peace after that. I knew the ring was mine, not my sister’s. I could do anything with the ring, including losing it ridiculously.

But deep down, I felt guilty. For almost ten years, I kept it for myself. Until one day, I couldn’t bear the heaviness in my heart and confessed.

HALAMAN :
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
Mohon tunggu...

Lihat Konten Humaniora Selengkapnya
Lihat Humaniora Selengkapnya
Beri Komentar
Berkomentarlah secara bijaksana dan bertanggung jawab. Komentar sepenuhnya menjadi tanggung jawab komentator seperti diatur dalam UU ITE

Belum ada komentar. Jadilah yang pertama untuk memberikan komentar!
LAPORKAN KONTEN
Alasan
Laporkan Konten
Laporkan Akun