Jun 6, 2021

Stormy Day, It Is.

How are you? Are you happy? Are you sad? Are you lost somewhere?

Have you looked at yourself and smile?

Why your eyes look so heavy? Is there something anxious occupied your small little head?

Why your heart beats so fast? Are you rushing somewhere with no humans alive?

Why  your words are so cold? Are you traumatized about something that you couldn't talk about?


**

Take a deep breathe, my dear.

Don't let the past tie you tight.

Don't let the unknown memories hold your hopes.

Don't let the shadows cover your lights.

Feel the pain, it is there.

You are wounded, filled with the deep scars; and it is okay. It is real.

Don't ignore the feelings you have. But,

you must let go the assumptions of "What Ifs".


Let it go. 

It is raining, you dont have to run. Let's play muddy puddle. Pouring rains won't hurt you so bad. Hold my hand, I will only let you go once you are ready.

Jun 2, 2021

Hai June.

 Selamat siang, kawan.


Hari ini adalah seperti hari biasa. Rutin yang biasa. Terbangun dari tidur yang separuh nyenyak, bergegas membuka mata yang terkatup rapat memejam mimpi yang takkan ada kesinambungan, mengejar subuh yang hampir lolos -- bukan waktunya yang kelewatan, tapi khusyuknya yang samar-samar dilihat awan.


**

Di ketika aku sedang menulis, langit sudah bergelap diteman sang bulan yang menyorok disebalik awan, kunang-kunang cuma sekadar singgah tak beramai, tak berpesta. Sekadar sahaja.

& di waktu ini,

fikiranku seperti sebuah rumah usang, berhabuk, dipenuhi hal-hal yang menanti reput, berpenunggu dan barangkali berhantu. Sedang aku cuba meneliti satu per satu helai fikiranku -- ternyata ianya tak tersusun rapi. Ada, namun tak dipeduli. Hidup, namun dibiar mati. 

Ada suara kecil yang memegang bahuku, "Kelmarin penuh cahaya. Semalam gelap gelita. Hari ini bangkai di merata-rata. Apa kau fikir ini ruangan untuk kau bermain, melampias segala kecewa yang tak terungkapkan? Apa kau fikir aku mampu untuk memikul setiap harapan yang tak pernah sedikitpun kau hidupkan?"

Iya, bahuku jadi memberat & sarat. 

"Aku cuba menjadi mimpi yang kau boleh senyum-senyumkan. Aku tumbuhkan bunga-bunga kecil, aku warnakan langit menjadi warna manis dan berbau wangi, aku jejakkan kaki kau ke atas rumput yang menghijau, berembun dan meredup;

tapi setiapnya hancur. 

Hanya kerana kau senyumkan bangkai dalam jiwa. Hanya kerana kau hidupkan memori celaka dalam setiap mimpi yang aku jaga."

Aku terduduk, merenungtembus dinding yang kosong, lompong. Suara kecil itu seakan-akan cuba menjerut leherku, mengelar tubuhku, sambil menjamah pemikiranku. Renunganku melolong, & aku tersenyum.

**

Hiduplah wahai diri. Hiduplah walau sendiri; hari esok mungkin dibungkusrapi dalam mimpi yang berpenghuni.


Jan 23, 2021

How Are You, Dear You?

Too dusty to start over.
Too rusty to begin something new;
but that is not a reason not to make one step forward,
or backward.

To believe there is a hope
is like hoping a paracematol will cure a disease
and
just like that, a hope is one kind of heroin type of drug to some people.
And as for me,
a hope is only a page; to paint it black, or 
To let it be the way it is
The way it should be.

Funny, isnt?
A happy person is actually screaming inside
searching for a light to move on
searching for a way to keep a happy face.
&
A happy person is someone
Who is empty inside
and looking for a paintbrush with colours
and keep a bottle of white kerosene to preserve the goodness.
Yet
murder someone's dream
to keep his sane.
and awake.

Is everyone okay?
Are you okay?

Keep believing you are.
Keep hoping you are.

and
if you are drowning and dying
there is a scorching light moving towards you
to reach you
to reach you

Hold it tight
you may be saved
once more.