Bukan calang daya ikhtiar
Namun gini akhir hasilnya
Galau jiwa usah dibiar
Yakin dengan pengakhiran-Nya.
#531 On the Dystopia of Malls
Mile after mile
Of mall after mall
This is our dystopia
That we shuffle through
In our drunken stupor.
#530 Tentang Undurnya Biden Tatkala Termamah Usia
Patah sayap bertongkat paruh
Patah paruh bertongkat dagu
Tiap hilang berganti tumbuh
Tiap undur berganti baru.
(Dengan pohonan maaf buat arwah Tongkat Warrant)
#529 Tentang Ketenangan Menolak Jujat
Hati cekal menolak jujat
Biar apa kata mereka
Tenang jiwa tiada gawat
Aman dalam pelihara-Nya.
#528 On This Deep Longing
Everyone has a deep longing within them
A wanting
A needing
Like a raging fire
That consumes our very being
We always always long for something
And in that burning, raging fire
We flail away
Trying to hang on to anything
To keep from drowning away
In the fire of longing
Never truly knowing
Never truly realising
That this deep longing
This unquenchable wanting
This unmet needing
Was always for You
For You, and You alone.
(inspired by Jon Fosse's Septology)
#527 On Life Spectacular (… It Already Is!)
Some days, when Life becomes a harried blur
I'd yearn to soar beyond to conjured bliss
And when I pray for Life spectacular
I'd catch myself: for Life already is!
#526 Tentang Bara Cinta dalam Sekam
Jenuh hamba mencari dinda
Bertahunan menyelam sekam
Jumpa jua bara akhirnya
Nyala cinta bikin tenteram.
#525 Tentang Jiwa yang Terseksa dek Raut Wajah Dinda
Aduh nyawa kami terseksa
Bila wajah menaut sukma
Baur jiwa marak terlaksa
Ingin tatap selama lama.
#524 On Valuation
'Tis more Art than Science
To discern Price and Value:
A divination.
#523 On the Orange Martyr
With bloodied ear and
Fist pumped in the air, we walked
Blindly into Chaos.