in/Matanya menatap lurus tajam kala itu, dan tanpa disadari air matanya mengalir deras di pipinya. Sementara itu di hadapannya terbujur kaku sesosok wanita terkulai lemah tertindih sebatang pohon yang patah di sambar petir beberapa waktu sebelumnya. Tanpa bisa berbuat apa-apa, dengan lengan kecilnya dia hanya sanggup memeluk kakeknya yang kala itu di sampingnya. Dari mulutnya terdengar suara lirih dan menyayat, “Mama....mama…”
Mario itulah nama panggilan anak ini, besar dengan kakek dan neneknya. Sebuah realita pahit harus dialami oleh seorang anak kecil yang dibesarkan bukan oleh kedua orang tua kandungnya, namun oleh kakek dan neneknya . Seperti yang dikisahkan di awal cerita, ibunya meregang nyawa akibat tertimpa pohon beberapa waktu silam. Ayahnya yang depresi berat semenjak kematian istrinya akhirnya memilih untuk menikah lagi dengan wanita lain. Sejak saat itu, ayah Mario menghilang bak di telan bumi.
Maka sejak saat itu lengkaplah kesedihan Mario. Meskipun setiap hari Mario ditemani kakek dan neneknya, tetapi Mario ingat kedua orangtuanya yang tidak bisa digantikan. Namun puji Tuhan, sejak Mario bergabung dengan FLC Tangan Pengharapan di Serui, Papua, sedikit demi sedikit dia bisa memiliki semangat kembali.
en/His eyes stared sharply at the time, and without his knowing, tears flowing down on his cheeks. Meanwhile in front of him a weak woman laid slumped motionless, hit by a broken tree snapped by lightning some time earlier. Without being able to do anything else, with his little arm he hugged his grandfather who was standing at his side then. From his mouth came out a soft and rending voice, "Mama .... mama ..."
Mario was the name of this child, being raised by with his grandparents. A bitter reality had to be experienced by a child raised not by both his biological parents, but by his grandparents. As told in the beginning of the story, his mother died of a falling tree some time ago. His severely depressed father finally chose to get married again with another woman. Since that time, Mario's father disappeared as if he had been swallowed by the earth.
Since then, Mario has become completely sad. Although every day Mario’s grandparents accompanied him, but the remembrance of his parents cannot possibly be replaced. But thank God, since Mario joined Tangan Pengharapan’s FLC in Serui, Papua, gradually he gets his fervency back.
