Kahitna dan Kura-Kura

capung itu terus terbang rendah mengitari
seakan mengejekku yang hanya berdiam diri
kura-kura menutup mata berjemur di bawah hangat matahari
menyeret langkah perlahan seakan tak ada janji yang harus ditepati

jujur saja kadang aku iri
akan mereka yang hidupnya bebas tanpa arti
tanpa ikatan dan tetek bengek lainnya yang tai
kalo kata Kahitna mah sebebas merpati

Aku Kangen

Dipangku mu
Dibelai sayang
Dipeluk erat
Digandeng tanpa jeda di tengah keramaian kota.

Aku masi ingat jelas
Dulu saat kuraba bekas cukuran yang sudah 3 hari tuanya
Kumainkan jemari-jemari mungilku diatasnya
Dan tertawa geli ku saat kau cium pipiku mesra.

Bumi tlah berputar beribu-ribu kali smenjak kala itu
Dan raga mu sudah tak lagi muda
Tapi masih kau bekerja tanpa jera
Demi aku dan mereka semua.

Memang aku tak pernah berkata
Tapi bukan berarti aku tak cinta
Bukan berarti aku buta akan upaya
Bukan berarti aku lupa.

Ah aku tlah dimabuk nostalgia rupanya :)

A Shirt That Says I Love A City I've Never Been To

I'm holding Paris in my left hand. I'm wearing a shirt that says i love a city i've never been to. So much doodles in my head i want to write on paper to plan. We are creating a riddle we haven't got an answer for. We are in a maze, amazed. And the more of a truth i am speaking of, the more people don't understand, or choose not to. Truth is, we are what we are at this very moment. Not what you're about to do, not the future you, just plain you. As you are at this very moment. As i am. What we are if we were about to get hit by a car in the next second and die. That's the cold blunt truth. Take it or leave it.

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tepat umur ibuku hari ini
bila diteliti, mukanya memang tak sejelita foto berbingkai yang terpajang di meja riasnya lagi
ada garis garis tanda menua yang mulai menebal di dahi
rambutnya sudah menipis dan rajin disemir tiap tiga puluh hari sekali

akan tetapi bila kau sedang beruntung, kan kau dengar gelak tawa darinya
dan akan kau dapati, muncul kembali ke permukaan dirinya yang muda
mukanya berseri-seri dan tak ada beban yang berarti

tak pernah aku berani membayangkan hidup tanpanya
tidak sempat lulus SMA, tapi ialah wanita terpandai yang kukenal
rajin memaafkan dan tak pernah minta diiba
terimakasih Ma, untuk semua :)

tekadku bulat sudah
suatu hari nanti, aku akan membuatmu bangga
itu cita-citaku kini.

11/07/2011

otak yang mengeluh

detak jantungku tidak keruan
otakku tak bisa disuruh fokus karena rasanya sperti mencari ikan di dalam air keruh
sudah kucek untuk paling tidak keseratuskalinya
dia belum muncul jua
hari tlah menjelang subuh dan sedikit demi sedikit asa dipupus
tak terbendung lagi rasa menjelajar di semua pelosok tubuh

teriang iang di ingatan
sedikit demi sedikit air mata menyisip perlahan
ingin rasanya kembali ke hari itu
kemarin dulu tak begitu lama yang lalu

This Picture In My Head

You're not even mine
but already I'm scared of losing you
You like playing with my mind
but oh well how can I blame you

You're all around in everything I see and do
even when i try so hard not to think of you
You are always there ready to mend my blues
It's like when i'm with you, we're the only two

Writing our stories on wet sand
sitting around watching the sun comes down,
talking about our hopes and dreams till dawn
like we have all the time in our hands

Just me and you and the things that we do
the world just won't understand :)

Pen Pal

got myself a pen pal not too long ago. and this is a snippet of one of my shared stories :)

"you know what, i used to think lil of my dad when growing up since i don't see him much. he was always away 5days every week since the factories are mostly located in jakarta. but really, i should've given him more credit. because he is so so hardworking. and, just this last holiday i spent a day traveling around jakarta visiting the different factories giving my dad company while he met clients and the employees. i just realized how much he had work all these years. he have actually made something quite successfully out of literally nothing. he didn't even finish high school, but he is a determined man. and i really respect him for that :)"


i truly believe that through writing to others, we get to know ourselves better. really, you should give it a go!