Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Sujudku, Gusti

Tanganku tergores menggenggam bijak
Buah bijak berduri tajam
Berdarah ku dibuatnya

Kakiku terkilir berjalan di atas ikhlas
Alas ikhlas begitu licin
Terpeleset ku dibuatnya

Sujudku, Gusti
Sepertinya Engkau berkehendak
Kupeluk kasih
Tanpa marah tanpa benci

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Aroma Pasir Basah dan Sisa Matahari

Cangkir teh terpajang di meja
Pikiran terpotong-potong di atas piring kaca
Jemari mengetuk berkali
Angin memeluk aroma pasir basah dan sisa matahari

Percakapan meluap-luap
Ombak kian mendebur kalap
Ikan-ikan teri menari riang gemilang
Tanpa tahu diintai dihadang

Cerita masa lalu mengetuk pintu
Bintang berkedip malu-malu
Bibir tersipu
Penat berlalu

Monday, August 21, 2017

A Bit of You

I wanna smell a bit of you
No, I don't wanna get high
Calming down is way more than enough

I wanna taste a bit of you
Hell no, without being full
Feeling no hunger is way more than enough

Now, I can breathe a bit of you
No, I don't need such kind of a deep breath
Being able to breathe life again is precious

A bit of you
All I need

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Wajah Wajah

Wajah kutanggalkan dan kugantung
Saatnya kupakai wajah gembira
Dihadapan si kecil yang ceria

Berikutnya, aku kembali berganti wajah
Kali ini untuk bertemu dengan ibuku yang resah
Kupakai saja wajah penuh empati
Ibuku pun cerah kembali

Besok, aku perlu beli wajah baru
Untuk berhadapan denganmu yang penuh ragu
Kucari cari model yang pas
Harga sesuai kantong dan tak mudah mengelupas
Wajah optimis sangatlah menarik
Harganya yang mencekik
Wajah pesimis mungkin akan membantu,
Sayang, ketika berkaca aku melihat hantu

Akhirnya aku menyerah
Sudahlah, denganmu kuputuskan bertelanjang wajah

No Winners Win

Did we fight?
No, we didn't
Did we compete?
Nor did we

Did you loose?
No, you didn't
Did I loose?
Nor did I

Apparently no winners win
Both of us suffer
Both of us fall
and broken

Keep the throphy safe
We'll deserve it one day
Once we both share smiles

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Makhluk Millenial

Sejak Dewi Sri tak lagi memijak Bumi
Manusia berubah nocturnal
Kami mengais beras yang semakin mahal

Sejak pemanasan global membuat siang semakin terik
Sore hari rapat baru saja dimulai
Tengah malam tubuh tak juga bisa terkulai

Sejak malam tak lagi gelap
Deadline lebih menakutkan dari hantu
Tak selesai habislah uang di saku

Sebut kami makhluk millenial
Jiwa kami delusional

Monday, June 12, 2017

The Darkest Dark

The greed, eating out self
Bow to darkest dark
One has no soul
It's a moving flesh

The worst sin is the one involving desire
You long for more and more
The worst sin is the one involving knowledge
You are awake in sanity

The worst
For it blows your mind
Another blink of an eye,
You find yourself drown in the deepest darkest dark blue sea
Torn into pieces
Somnambulism at its best

What's done can't be undone
Nor a puzzle, the pieces can't be put together into one

The worst sin
You name it after love
To finally fail everyone you love