Friday, July 18, 2014

Heartbreaking


blithe but weary
excited yet so jumpy
the warmth and the affection
I know I'm blessed

I'm longing for peace and comfort
and it's right in my hand now
but somehow...
I cannot hold it
cannot keep it..

and it is heartbreaking...

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Bila Kutitipkan



















Bila kutitipkan dukaku pada langit,
Pastilah langit memanggil mendung

Bila kutitipkan resahku pada angin,
Pastilah angin menyerukan badai

Bila kutitipkan geramku pada laut,
Pastilah laut menggiring gelombang

Bila kutitipkan dendamku pada gunung,
Pastilah gunung meluapkan api

Tapi...

Kan kusimpan sendiri mendung dukaku
Dalam langit dadaku

Kusimpan sendiri badai resahku
Dalam angin desahku

Kusimpan sendiri gelombang geramku
Dalam laut pahamku

Kusimpan sendiri..


*a poem by Gus Mus

Friday, December 6, 2013

Make Mistakes












I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes,
then you are making new things,
trying new things,
learning, living,
pushing yourself, changing yourself,
changing world.

You are doing things you've never done before
and more importantly...
You are DOING something.

Don't freeze..
Don't stop..
Don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect.

Whatever it is...
Art, or love, or work, or family or life...

Whatever it is you are scared of doing,
Do it !

Make your mistakes...

Next year and forever.

-Neil Gaiman-

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Pulang



DI TITIK INI AKU MEMILIH,
UNTUK BERSANDAR PADA KETIDAKPASTIAN 
DAN MEMBIARKAN ANGAN MELAKUKAN PERJALANAN...
MEMBEBASKANNYA MELAYANG DALAM KEHAMPAAN
KEMBALI PADA ESENSI MULANYA

HAMPA...
KUMENGERTI ITULAH AWAL HIDUP..
KESENDIRIAN YANG TAK TERELAKKAN
PENGEMBARAAN YANG MELELAHKAN
MENCARI DALAM INGIN
DAN MENEMUKAN KETIADAAN

NAMUN..
KARENA ITULAH AKU TERBAWA
SAMPAI KEPADA RASA...

YANG MENGGELITIK INDERA,
MEMBUYARKAN LOGIKA
YANG MENEDUHKAN, MENENANGKAN..
NYAMAN...

TERSENTAK SADARKU..
SAAT SATU SOSOK JIWA
TERBENTUK NYATA DI DEPAN MATAKU
MEMAPARKAN KEKINIAN YANG BIASANYA KUABAIKAN

RASA ITU.. TERNYATA RINDU...
AKU RINDU RUMAH

KUBELOKKAN KEMUDI HATIKU
KINI AKU PUNYA ARAH...
JIWA ITU MERAIH DAN MENUNTUNKU
DIA MENGIZINKAN TANGANKU MENGATUP
DIA MEMBIARKAN BIBIRKU MENGUCAP
KATA DAN DOA...
MENGUNGKAP KERINDUAN YANG SAMA
IA PUN INGIN PULANG

BERSAMA DIA HASRAT INI MEMBIMBING AKAL
BERIMPROVISASI MENEMUKAN CARA
MENCARI JALAN...
MENYATUKAN TUJUAN...
MELEPAS KABUT MASA LALU
MENAPAKKAN KAKI DAN MELANGKAH,
MENUJU "RUMAH"


KAMULAH "PULANGKU"...

KAMULAH "RUMAH ITU"...


***

-- dibutuhkan suatu perjalanan dan segala likunya, untuk dapat memahami apa artinya "pulang". --

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Aku Ingin



Sajak Sapardi Djoko Damono


Aku ingin mencintaimu dengan sederhana
dengan kata yang tak sempat diucapkan
kayu kepada api yang menjadikannya abu


Aku ingin mencintaimu dengan sederhana
dengan isyarat yang tak sempat disampaikan
awan kepada hujan yang menjadikannya tiada

(1989)

***

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Her


I am the kind of woman...
who will sit and enjoy beach for hours
and curl up happily while listening to your story
smile like I'm fine when I'm not
make you laugh a lil' bit when you want to cry
worry more about you than myself
fall over laughing at the dumbest things
always forgive but never forget

who loves so many, and hates so few
who stay speechless while her heart is skipping some beats :)
who cries not because she's weak,
but maybe because she's been strong too long

from the beginning until now...
it turns out I was still that kind of woman
I have to deal with it

and after over 30 years...

I accept 'her'.


"how others see you, is not important...how you see yourself means everything."

Monday, September 30, 2013

Over You



I didn't remember you every day
but sometimes it happened in a flash,
you came and rang my bell
showing me the fact, that actually...
you will forever be missed :)

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit,

I'm not going to ever get over you.

***

"remembering faithful friends and loved ones who have been flown back into the Presence of God... may their souls find the eternal light."

In Memoriam, Yanuar Prihatin & Olivia Carolina
(Sept 30, 2009 - Sept 30, 2013)