On Forgotten Things
On Forgotten Things is a poetry how one gets so overwhelmed with people’s opinion that they forget how to live and enjoy simple kindness in life.
On Forgotten Things is a poetry how one gets so overwhelmed with people’s opinion that they forget how to live and enjoy simple kindness in life.
Puisi ini tentang segala pikiran dan omongan orang yang begitu bising, membuat lupa tentang keindahan kecil dalam hidup. Ditulis di awal musim semi 2019.
Once upon a time, this person came to your life. He/she enlightened your days, challenged your thoughts and shared the same jokes as yours. Sometimes this person was quirk and awkward, but turned to be so warm and wise on the other time. Unlike the other persons you had met before, this person did not build a great expectation only…
Nikmat betul bernostalgia, bikin lupa usia. Mungkin itu sebabnya orang tua lebih suka duduk di teras rumah. Diam. Pikirannya melayang ke masa-masa kejayaan.
A poet will always give you closure, she will wave you goodbye with every last word, and every breath it takes to write one rhyming verse.
Then you lay your body down, eyes looking up, your fingers pointing to the sky. “You’re pointing to a star?” I asked. “No, that’s a planet. Stars shine, planets don’t,” you replied.
A birthday poem for a good friend of mine: “She will take you out from the fake city lights to places where sun looks bigger than apartments and malls. Men, you can’t drag her down, because she is stronger than your bones.”