Tag: life

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#553 On The Rushing Days

The days rush by
With the jibber jabber of words said
And the hurly burly of things to be done
And the helter skelter of events
("Events, dear boy, events" was what he said)

The days anoint our lives
And mark the passing of Time
And the passing of friends
In the pursing of Time remaining

The dwindling of our days
Our lives, with each day erased
The passing of dazed souls
Meeting their final end

I try to catch the days
As they rush by:
The futility irks me
Even as Death lurks, erasing the days

And I try to catch the rays
Of sunlight as they fall at my feet
Each day, until the day
When Death will come to greet.
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#551 Tentang Pemergian Seorang Sahabat

Malam ini aku dikejutkan
Dengan berita pemergianmu, sahabat

Terlalu lama kita tidak bersua
Dan kerinduan itu kini takkan terubat
   Kau telah pergi meninggalkan kami

Malam ini aku mengenangkan
Satu demi satu ingatan padamu, sahabat

Terlalu lama aku bertangguh untuk berjumpa
Kini saatnya sudah terlewat
   Kau telah pergi ke alam abadi

Damailah di sana, sahabat
Kita bakal ketemu nanti. 

(buat sahabatku Abas, moga Allah merahmati)
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#547 On Your Own Time

You think of Time
As the continuum of your own reality 
The ebb and flow of history
As it weaves around the fabric of your Life

But this Time
Your Time
- is but one Time amongst many

Just another wave
Amongst each successive wave
Beating against the beach of Existence

And you think of Time
As the ticking of your own clock
The coming and going of your days
The sunrises and sunsets of your Life

But this Time
Your Time
- is but one Time amongst many

And when your time is done
Time will still be here

Like the waves of an endless ocean
Beating against the shores of Being
At the sunset of God's great Creation.

(inspired by Kat Rahmat and Michel Serres)