samedi 29 juillet 2017

Please Wait For I Will Tell You This Imaginary Story of Us

Kamu adalah kumpulan-kumpulan imaji. Pun kamu adalah bahan dasar untuk semua fantasi yang kusembunyikan dari siapapun. Aku seperti penulis yang sukses mendongeng pasca ditinggalkan kekasihnya. Akan tetapi, aku tidak ingin menceritakan semua ini pada dunia tanpa memberitahumu. Buat apa kuberitahu seluruh dunia kau yang aku cinta telah kujadikan pemeran utama untuk kisah-kisah rekaanku? Bagaimana kamu bisa tahu kamu memiliki makna sedalam itu sampai kubuat cerita dari masa-masa perkenalan kita? Kumohon, duduklah. Jangan beranjak dulu.

Kubayangkan kamu adalah kekasih yang mengajakku menonton bioskop berdua. Sepanjang hari kuhabiskan waktu memilah pakaian yang cocok kukenakan untuk kencan. Sepanjang malam kuhabiskan kalori memompa darah ke jantung yang tiada lelah menderu kencang  di sampingmu. Kubayangkan aku menjadi kekasih yang malu-malu. Dua lembar karcis itu ku ambil darimu dan diam-diam kusimpan di dalam tas manik-manik mungil. Film ini hanya kedok saja bukan? Karena kita tidak tahu apalagi kegiatan awam yang bisa kita lakukan bersama karena bercakap-cakap selama berjam-jam kelihatannya akan membosankan dan rawan kekakuan. Pikiran-pikiranku mungkin tidak sepenuhnya ada pada jalan cerita sandiwara yang berlaga di layar selebar dinding raksasa di hadapanku. Sesekali, ia akan berpindah pada sewujud manusia yang duduk persis di sampingku.
Kubayangkan aku akan memikirkan mengapa kau mau menghabiskan waktumu denganku menonton bioskop ini. Aku hanya tidak menyangka kau menganggap aku seseorang yang layak kau beri waktumu.

Kubayangkan kau dan aku akan pergi kencan sekedar untuk berkeliling kota dan mencari makanan. Kubayangkan kau dan aku makan martabak manis bersama. Deru mesin dalam lalu lalang jalan raya yang samar dan percakapan menjadi menu sampingan. Kita bisa membicarakan apa saja, iya kan? Kau bisa bercerita bagaimana kota tempatmu menetap sementara selagi kau tidak di rumah. Lalu, aku akan menjadi pendengar yang setia untuk semua ceritamu. Akan selalu ada ruang ku sediakan untukmu, kecuali rindu. Sebab tanpa kau pergi menemuiku pun, rinduku sudah tumpah kemana-mana; pada sajadah, pipi, dan sapu tangan. Aku tidak ingin menghabiskan malam ini begitu saja. Maksudku, aku ingin berlama-lama berdua denganmu di salah satu sudut Surabaya. Aku ingin mengenangkan setiap detik peristiwa sebelum menjadikannya ingatan. Aku ingin berlama-lama denganmu selagi wujudmu masih nyata, bukan hanya dalam gambar atau percakapan digital dalam layar teleponku. Aku ingin berlama-lama menatap matamu, sebelum kembali berhadapan dengan kata-kata dalam pantulan layar. Aku ingin mengingat betul gerak-gerikmu supaya ketika aku merindu, aku bisa memimpikanmu. Aku tidak ingin kita cepat-cepat pulang, walau kau sudah janji pada Papa akan mengantarku sampai di rumah sebelum pukul sembilan. Aku tidak berani membangkang; tapi aku masih ingin mendengar suara dan raut di wajahmu saat berbicara. Aku ingin memberitahumu aku sedang jatuh cinta, tapi ku sembunyikan saja walaupun pada akhirnya aku selalu kalah pada rona di wajah dan gerak-gerikku yang kaku dan malu-malu. Aku seperti anak kecil ketika sedang kasmaran.

Kubayangkan aku mengirimi bait-bait sajak Sapardi pada setiap pagi yang acak. Aku ingin menghadiahimu puisi rekaanku tapi aku belum siap mengungkap seberapa jatuh cinta aku padamu. Kubayangkan kau kekasih yang tidak terlalu paham pada susastra. Kau yang lebih suka pada gambar-gambar nyata alih-alih kata-kata penuh reka dan rasa. Tapi, aku tidak putus menjadi kekasih yang menyatakan cinta dengan cara-cara yang tidak sederhana. Biar puitis, biar kau tak suka seni, setidaknya perihal rasaku, kau akan paham seberapa dalam ia menjadi.

Kubayangkan wujud kekasih tidak sebagai temaram lampu yang berpendar sebelum pudar di penghujung malam. Kubayangkan kau sebagai cinta yang siang menjelma lamunan-lamunan sejenak dan malam menjelma lantunan doa-doa. Kau cinta yang tidak akan habis-habisnya ku puisikan.

Kubayangkan kau kekasih yang bersetia tidak hanya dalam halang rintang namun juga dalam datarnya kejenuhan.

Kubayangkan kau kekasih yang datang bertandang ke rumah, mencium punggung tangan ayahku, dan memperkenalkan dirimu.

Kubayangkan kau kekasih yang mengutarakan niat untuk menggenapkan setengah dari agama yang kau punya.

Kubayangkan kau kekasih yang dipercaya ibu ayah untuk menjaga anak gadisnya.

Kubayangkan kau kekasih yang tidak akan pernah meninggalkan.

Kubayangkan kau kekasih dengan semua harapan.

Kubayangkan kau,
menjadi kekasihku.

mercredi 26 juillet 2017

The Short Piece of You

Today I talked to God about you. I've been missing you these days. Well, someone far away just want to hear how your day was. Although, she believes that both you and everything around you are fine. She always take some brief seconds from her 24 hours to pray for you; to mention your name and the wish she has for you. She still wants to hear from you.

She knows how to contact you directly. She knows your phone number and social media accounts because both of you had been communicating constantly in a past period of time. She kept your number, the photos of your self that you sent, and the last pieces of conversation before you finally left without even giving her any warn. But she always know you.

She always know that you would usually come back, because that was how your relationship worked - in a swinging pattern. But, on that day, she felt that you wouldn't come around anymore. She knew that she was going to lose you. She did nothing like begging to make you stay because you were too ready to leave her.

She still didn't understand why she was never good enough to be your one and only. She often asked herself whether she wasn't beautiful enough, or responsive enough to you but she was only being herself. She loves you, when you probably only faked the love and heart emojis you sent her.

She is okay now. She didn't hate you for leaving without even saying anything as a good farewell. But, you know, she might be the only one who will open the door for you when you knock. She will not judge you, because she loves you.
I love you.

jeudi 20 juillet 2017

You:)

I've been missing someone lately. Tapi mungkin itu cuma kangen sama kebiasaan-kebiasaan waktu kita masih deket aja nothing much I assumed, for example chat dia waktu pagi-pagi sekitar jam 6 sampe chat dia waktu jam 5 jam aku pulang kantor. Kemaren juga baru sadar aku masih nyimpen lumayan banyak screen capture dari chat-chatnya di hape. Bego banget ga sih.

I'm not going to explain why we didn't make it into real relationship.
There would be a lot of things either it's him, or it's me, tapi simpelnya lebih enak jawab kalo ga ditakdirin bersama-sama entah untuk sekarang atau emang bukan jodoh juga ✌

But, letting go is no easy thing to do - trust me. Bahkan oleh orang2 yang kerjaannya ditinggalin gebetan mulu, it's still not easy to cope up with the pain of being left behind with no reason 😷 At first, I had to deal with the popping questions about why I wasn't the chosen one, why I was not worth his whole affection, why we couldn't be a real thing, etc. Dan itu... menyakitkan sekali. I only kept it for my self. If I my self could not make things work once more, then how could anyone else?

Setelah hampir sebulanan lebih sekarang, aku mulai paham pecahan-pecahan mozaiknya - mulai ngerti big picture dari heartbreak ini. Betul, I have no romantic relationship going on lately, but my spiritual relationship with Allah is getting closer I could say insyaAllah. Semakin mendekatkan diri sama Allah, aku semakin paham kenapa Allah memisahkan kami berdua and that is for the sake of good 😇 Probably - kehadirannya dalam hidup aku bakalan menghambat kedekatanku sama Allah, sedangkan Allah pengen aku deket dengan Penciptaku makanya dia dijauhkan dari aku. Sampe sini aku akhirnya mengerti... dan ikhlas. Kecintaan seorang manusia itu nggak ada apa apanya kalo dibandingin sama cintanya Allah buat aku. Manusia bisa menjauh, bisa meninggalkan bahkan tanpa perlu kasih tau alasan, tapi Allah sejengkal pun nggak akan pernah meninggalkan 💖 Subhanallah. MasyaAllah.

Aku nggak tahu apa dia sedang memantaskan diri jauh di B********** sana. Aku harap dia baik baik aja disana dan lancar semua urusannya. Tapi kalo boleh aku akuin akhir-akhir ini aku sering inget dia. Kemarin malem, aku keinget dia tapi trus aku alihkan untuk nonton video beauty vlogger Suhay Salim yang kocak parah itu biar ga keinget lagi. Ya Alhamdulillah sih berhasil 😂

But thats how it goes with my latest lovelife. It didnt work that well but, Im sure whatever happened, it was sure for the best of both people 💖✌

jeudi 22 juin 2017

s-o-l-o

So, it feels like it's the first time I'm officially being 100% single again since long time ago. I spent the past months having such unclear relationships with a few people. But I decided to let them go - all of them.

At first, I thought it would feel so lonely not having someone to swap regular texts daily - not having a love interest, but actually now that I'm absolutely single, well I should say that it is not that scary at all. I feel more like a free bird.

I realized that I don't think I'm suitable for relationship right now. I'm still not into dating.
I even think that dating is not my thing since it would feel definitely weird to me.
How could I show that I care to a person I barely knew for months? How could I enjoy spending time comfortably with someone I barely knew not so long time ago? How could I know that this person is trustworthy? How could I know if they could be somebody to lean on? How could I know that this person is going to worth what it costs to date (money, time, make ups)?

If you love the fluttering feeling of falling in love, you'd possibly enjoy going on dates.
But I don't think it's ever gonna work out for me.
Personally, I would much prefer spending my free time on the weekend with my family,
where we usually go to malls; watching movies, shopping, and grabbing nice foods to eat.
I'm so used to with people I knew so dearly like my sister and my mom, even it would feel weird for me if I do the same activities with another people.

I'm not feeling lonely,
well perhaps I'm just being confused about what to do at night where like most young adults out there spend their times texting and I'm just watching foodies videos or playing The Sims instead.
I couldn't say that's bad; in fact, I do enjoy every minute of my life now. I feel grateful.

Having no love interest doesn't mean that I'm empty,
it's just the love is transformed into different receiver; my family. I believe that they're the best love interest I could ever have in my lifetime. I focus all my concern and energy to make them happy. Everyday, I'm looking forward to spend time with them again on the weekend. For me, weekdays feel like I'm barely breathing, but weekend gets me feeling alive by being around the people that I love the most; my family.

I dreamed of us in the future

I dreamed of us in the future
as a couple living in separated places.
Different cities, different zip code
You, somewhere between those rivers and boats
Me, somewhere within the heavy traffic
You, surviving as one of those migrants
Me, struggling not to miss you too often.

I dreamed of us in the future
having an agenda to regularly meet once a month,
because we finally realized
this relationship worth more
than the cost of airplane tickets.

I dreamed of us in the future
holding on to each other,
for the sake of commitment.
Because in the end,
it's the only thing remains
when times gets old
and romance doesn't flutter
anymore.
Doesn't it sound romantic,
fighting to keep things
working out?
Because in our era,
it's way easier to dump someone
than to fight for one.

9:20 AM

Aku punya kebiasaan
mengabadikan setiap laki-laki yang ku jatuh cintai
dalam sajak-sajak,
dalam cerita yang tak dibaca siapapun,
dan dalam puisi yang kucipta untuk diriku sendiri.
Sebagaimana mereka yang pernah
menyempatkan diri untuk singgah,
aku pun akan menuliskanmu.
Tetapi, sayang,
Menulis bukan pekerjaan mudah,
sebab ketika aku merangkaikan kata demi kata itu -
aku sedang membentuk citra dirimu
untuk dikenal dalam kepala-kepala lain.
Aku harus berhati-hati memilih kosakata
dan menampilkan sisi-sisi dirimu,
karena seburuk apapun kau pernah berlaku
aku masih ingin mengenangkanmu
dengan cara-cara yang baik.
Aku tidak ingin mengingatmu dengan benci,
tapi juga tidak dengan rindu.
Seperti yang sudah-sudah,
aku yakin pada akhirnya
perlahan-lahan
kau akan jadi ingatan yang dilawan lupa.

lundi 12 juin 2017

12th June

I once read that perhaps the reason
we want everything,
because we don't want anything enough.
I wonder if the same theory could explain
why you can't be pleased with having just one.

"Am I not good enough for you?
Is there something from me that doesn't please you?"
For a period of time,
I was being full of insecure questions,
those that I shouldn't have had
if I actually loved the right one.

But it's you
who caught my attention
among them who came and tried.
Perhaps it has something to do with your playful persona.
Why are you so charming?
Why are you so appealing?
Why are you so interesting?
Why can't I have enough of you?

So I love you anyway -
telling you that almost everyday,
without even asking for yours in return.
Because being told I love you,
isn't as wanted as being told
I don't want to lose you
Perhaps it's because
you can love more than one person
and tell them everyday,
so your I love you sounds less than special.
But if you tell me
that you're afraid to lose me,
I could feel glad
because I finally mean something
to you.

I suspected you as a man
with a lot of lover options.
That way you won't have to risk
feeling bored with just one.
But it doesn't make me love you any less -
I will still try to convince you
how I am worth for your love.
You would have no idea
how much you would feel loved by me,
how you don't have to hesitate me,
how I could write you love poems
and send them to you randomly,
how I could tell you I love you daily,
how I will take you seriously.
So -
When will you make me be your one and only?

post modern romantic

You make me want to post love quotes
on my Instagram page.
And -
You're the main cause for that
#nowplaying and song lyrics updates -
so don't be a fool by thinking it has no purpose.
You're the man behind the poetic photo captions
who mentions no one,
but everyone all over the internet knows
it is secretly directing to someone.
You take the blame for my frequent updates,
because telling the world that I'm in love
is far easier than to tell you
I love you.

Nothing is more cheesy than our generation's love stories, right?

vendredi 9 juin 2017

you, today

You're a crush.
I even told my mom about you.
I love reading your messages,
our meaningless conversations,
day and night.

I fall in love to your morning texts
and loving emojis.
I haven't heard a more pathetic love story
than a girl who becomes happy
after getting such digital attentions.

I didn't even bother to ask you
whether those sweet messages
were actually real.
I didn't even ask you
whether you sent it
to another people -
beside me.

Some of you might think
I was such a fool,
but it wasn't my rights
to force things to you.
All I care about is
having you around.

The matter of you loving me
is yours to deal with.
The only thing matter for me
 is
how I 
love 
you.

you, two years ago.

If I have to pick one song to represent everyone I know,
I would pick Adhitia Sofyan's Adelaide sky for you.
The lyrics are deep,

I need to know what's on your mind
These coffee cups are getting cold
Mind the people passing by
They don't know I'll be leaving soon

I'll fly away tomorrow
To far away
I'll admit a cliche
Things won't be the same without you

I'll be looking at my window seeing Adelaide sky
Would you be kind enough to remember
I'll be hearing my own foot steps under Adelaide sky
Would you be kind enough to remember me

I remember that Wednesday you asked me to go out,
because the night before they just informed you
in less than a week you'd leave your hometown
- our hometown to be exact,
to a place overseas with a lot of rivers.

That day I drove home listening to the song in repeat,
wondering how I wanted you
to keep me in mind.
All I want was to be remembered,
to have my messages replied,
and nothing more.
I was quite sure that wasn't too much too ask,
But, at the very same time,
I also hesitated if I meant that much
for you.

That day I asked my self,
I hesitated you,
and I found the answer
not very long after.

jeudi 8 juin 2017

11:33 AM

I feel like I had missed so much things.
I had wasted so many days.
I do admit that a friend of mine was right -
when he said that I was too picky.

I realized that the another main reason
why I gave up on most relationships
was because I wasn''t actually ready for something serious,
something with commitment thing.
I only liked the excitements
without actually wanting to settle down
and compromise the might-have-been problems.

I was such a bad person back then,
and now I took it as a karma for me.
For leaving so many people without even explaining,
now I had seen it my self,
how the world conspired a revenge,
with you leaving.
but would it be fair if you get a karma too?
can't this karma circle just end today?

Now that I wanted to settle down,
building a serious construction of a relationship
with you.
I had to swallow the bitter reality,
I had to accept the painful truth,
I had to cope up with disappointment.

all I want to do is to love you
and being super loyal to you
and taking care of you.

all I want to do is settling down with you,
wearing a ring from you,
and having a future with you.

can't we just love each other,
without being haunted by our past mistakes?

because it is you,
that I would like to spend my days with.

Oh Wonder - Without You (cropped)

That I've been out of my mind
This slow life I'm waiting for you
To swing me all of your light
Do you know?

Since I've been walking solo
Dreaming you were back home
Hi-fi getting down low
Hide until tomorrow

Come back into the good life
Lose these hazy love lines
I've been chasing my mind
Lonely in the cold nights

Cause I'm kicking up stones without you
Can't pick up the phone without you
I'm a little bit lost without you
Without you

And I'm digging down holes without you
Can't be on my own without you
I'm a little bit lost without you
Without you

dear you.

1)
so, I'm letting go of everything that makes me feeling weak.
Or,
at least,
I'm trying to.
I feel like a fragile creature to have someone I cling to,
someone whose presence means so much for my days.
I don't want that,
but it did happen.
I have you as someone I once loved so much,
yet now you left me with no single explanation.
Leaving me with question marks
and unexplainable sorrow.

2)
You're more like a habit for me.
and everyone in the world knew
how uneasy it is to let go of a habit.
and I felt it deep
how uneasy it is to let go of a habit -
of you.

3)
I want to surf on our conversations
only to find where did I go wrong,
my words that put you in hesitation,
something that made you leave
with no explanation.

4)
I looked at a line of your name
in my list of conversations.
My latest message was not replied -
now for two days.

I looked at a line of your name
wondering what made you stop
talking to me like we used to.
Was it because of my unclear messages?
Was it because I became boring?
Was it because...
you suddenly realized
what you're not sure of me?

I looked at a line of your name.
Wondering whether all those sad quotes
that I post on my instagram
could bring you back to me?

I looked at a line of your name.
Thinking to my self that
I've been planning to wish you
a very blessed 22nd birthday
on 18th June next week.

I looked at a line of your name,
saying to my self
what a sad separation this is.

5)
Dear you,
I knew I never said it enough,
but Iloveyou.


R

Setelah sekian kalinya,
apakah suatu hari nanti
akan ada namamu
yang mendampingiku
di dalam sebuah buku
dan berdiri di sampingku
menyalami para tamu?

9:01 AM

Kubiarkan kau menjadi sebentuk keikhlasan,
sebentuk ingatan.
Aku masih akan mengenangmu dengan cara-cara yang baik.
Bagaimana bisa aku memaki
laki-laki yang aku cintai?

Perjalananku menuju kantor tiap hari menjadi berat di langkah-langkah kaki
sejak kau tidak lagi mengucapkan selamat pagi.
Jam-jam rehatku di waktu malam menjadi sepi
sejak tidak ada lagi kau untuk ku tunggu.
Ini hal yang mengejutkanku -
bahwa aku telah begitu terbiasa dengan kehadiranmu.
Berbulan bulan kau hadir pada setiap hariku
Yang sekarang cuma tinggal aku
tanpa adanya kamu.

Aku menyayangkan,
bagaimana kepadamu aku mencintai
tanpa sempat mengalami.
Aku masih mempertanyakan,
kenapa kau tidak menjadikanku tujuan
melainkan sekedar salah satu pilihan.
Aku ingin bertemu wujudmu
dan memelukmu.
Aku masih ingin kau dan aku.
Masih.

Apa aku tidak cukup baik bagimu?
Apakah satu saja tidak cukup untukmu?

Aku pikir suatu hari nanti kamu mungkin akan datang lagi
Kalau hari itu datang nanti,
untukmu aku akan selalu membuka hati.

mercredi 7 juin 2017

2:57 PM

aku akan mengupayakan penerbangan paling pagi menuju kotamu,
aku ingin bertemu kamu,
dan memelukmu.
erat.


mencintaimu ada caranya

Mencintaimu ada caranya.
Salah satunya -
mencintaimu membutuhkan ketabahan.
Ketabahan untuk menunggu
pulangnya engkau dari perantauan
ataupun pesan percakapan.
Ketabahan untuk bersabar
menghadapi engkau dalam kejengkelan.
Ketabahan untuk berteguh
terhadap engkau sebagai pilihan.
Ketabahan untuk berkeyakinan
yang ku perjuangkan ini bukan kesia-siaan.

Aku mencintaimu dengan memaklumi kesibukanmu;
Sepanjang hari dimiliki jam kantor dan tenggat waktu,
aku diam-diam meredam rindu.
Aku tidak mengajukan banyak tuntutan padamu,
cukup kabari aku selagi kau punya waktu.

Aku tidak ingin mencintaimu dalam kekangan.
Itu bukan cinta namanya -
Aku ingin membuatmu betah bersamaku
Jadi aku belajar untuk percaya
dan membebaskanmu kemanapun kau suka.

Aku ingin mencintaimu dengan cara-caraku,
Semoga itu cukup bagimu.

jeudi 16 février 2017

bye.

"I'm being serious about this," you said.
"About what?"
"About us."

I took a moment of silence. He might took that silence as an answer that have multiple meanings. If he was such a pessimist - it could mean hesitation. But, if he was such an optimistic kind of person, he would take that as a trigger to confess more.

He waited for me to say a thing or two.
I felt the pair of those typical Indonesian brown eyes of his stared at me. They wished to reach mine; but I avoided the brown lenses by looking away.
I merely could not give him a stare.

He waited.
But, anything that would come up from my mouth was unpleasant to hear - I swore.
I suddenly forgot all human vocabulary.
I forgot where did I put my voice the last time I used it.

Feelings are no jokes, though sometimes love is a game to play for two.There was no easy way to say this. There was no easy way to say that you are not in the state of wanting a relationship. Yes, of course you want to be romantically involved to someone - but if there is a time for that, you're very sure that today isn't the right time for romance. Right now, there's something that consumes most of your focus, takes most of your energy, and catches the most attention.
And, that thing isn't love.

It doesn't mean that you can't be serious about love. In fact, you're the kind of a person who loves deeply once you are falling in love.

The beginning of a relationship is like planting seeds. It takes time to finally grow to a plant. It even takes longer time to bloom as a flower with beautiful petals. Though, life these days allow us to get result instantly - mention that coffee in sachets, instant ramen noodles, and dating applications, some things still requires process. We need to put things in the right places (compromising differences and accepting their values). We need to accept that though the sparks are exciting, there are those things that would be added up on the contra list. In the process, we're getting to know the other person and in the middle of it - most couples-to-be are failed.
If they failed compromising thing, then giving up is the ending.

buku puisi

Aku ingin tersesat ke dalam buku puisi.
Mungkin bersembunyi di antara jeda kata-kata,
atau menjelma sepenggal bait berirama,
atau mendapuk diri
menjadi pemeran utama yang sedang jatuh cinta.




dimanche 29 janvier 2017

re(a)lationship.

I looked at our meaningless conversations. I looked at your recent question asking me to be close to you again. I clicked at your profile photo - smiling in that blue uniform, you look good as ever and I swear I admire that look of yours. I wonder - if anything is possible, I would put all my guards down and falling in love with you.

But, all these times I had been thinking bad of you. I judged you as some kind of Don Juan, meaning that you go through girls as easy as moving in between rooms. But I was tempted to talk with you - probably spending the time I have because it's better than doing nothing. I always found my self wondering about your true self - the real man beneath that uniform dealing with fears and probably feelings.

But judging you caused me to reflect my self - and I found out that I wasn't so much different with you.

I thought that I am ready to settle down in one relationship - dedicating my spare time for those video calls or meet ups, staying loyal to that significant other, and keeping up the bond under the possible storms ahead. I haven't mentioned about trust issues yet -

And I realized that I'm just a freebird loving the idea of being in love. Meaning that I agree with the idea of falling in love, letting that walls down for a little while, and enjoying the sparks by those flirtatious chats or possible meet ups. Though I see my self as mature enough to negotiate and being patient facing any difference, I still don't see that for now I want to settle down for a long period of time. Well - sure I want to be serious and get married some other day, but today is not the perfect time for me to start that.

I realized that both of us are seeking for love, but refusing to be committed to one person. I don't know whether we are afraid of getting too much attached to one person, afraid of getting our guards down, or just simply in wait for the right person to knock that walls down. I don't know.
But, I told you - I wasn't hoping for more but, what if the person we were waiting have been there all these times and we wasted them because we were thinking that they are not the one?

lundi 16 janvier 2017

temporary

I love the idea of us spending time together, whether you will remember those days or not. Hanging out for a couple of times in the downtown area. I was looking for even a small sign of an attraction when you ran your fingers on my right hand, stating that my skin wasn't smooth as you expected it to be. I'm just in love to the fact that I have something to look back - pretty or not. I love the details of our meaningless conversation, though we both get ourselves wasted on those days. There was nothing touching about your words. They were empty and floating - and I felt like you were being a little too curious about my self by asking questions about how I broke up the last time. You'd probably forget the specific things about those days - but I managed to remember you frequently. I love the idea of having moments with you because now I had something to write about : you. I love the idea of us being together ... temporarily.

vendredi 13 janvier 2017

the after effect of Cinta & Rangga

suatu ketika -
aku menonton Cinta dan Rangga dalam kesempatan kedua mereka.
pada salah satu babaknya, ada sebuah puisi.
di bangku penonton bioskop,
kurasakan di dalam diriku ada yang menggeliat lalu meluap.
ku habiskan sisa malam itu dengan kopi dan menangis sejadi-jadinya.

for the past few years

a glimpse from the gloomy 2015 -


Aku rindu pukul enam pagi.
Pada sekitaran waktu itu, kamu akan menyelamati pagi hariku.
Pada masa itu, aku betul-betul bahagia kamu ada.
Aku akan menghabiskan beberapa detik di antara segala keributan pagi hari,
untuk menghayati ucapanmu.
Biasanya aku akan tersenyum dengan secangkir americano rumahan di tangan kiri,
dan telepon genggam di tangan kanan.
Membaca berulang antara namamu dan isi pesan -
jika bukan sarap, maka pastilah jatuh cinta.

Kalau saja Tuhan memberitahuku,
berminggu kemudian aku menjelang pagi
selama bertahun-tahun yang kelabu.
Suatu hari aku bangun pagi -
betul betul ingin berlari ke masa lalu.
Aku sudah betul-betul lelah berandai-andai
mengenai kita yang tidak sekedar hampir 
dan kau yang tidak hanya mampir.

Sebab aku betul-betul mencintaimu
dan aku bersedih karena sampai hari ini
kamu tidak mengetahui itu.

Aku masih patah hati -
mengingat kamu pernah berjanji
mentraktirku secangkir kopi.

past flings

1)
aku mencintaimu -
ingatanku juga cinta kepadamu.
terbukti dari bagaimana sulitnya
aku melupakanmu.

2)
'I love you', he said.
'It was only some conversations', she replied.

3)
Why do we often get ourselves trapped in confusion
between lovers and
nothing?
craving for a title,
craving for an acknowledgement.
something that should've been freely given.
we know how pointless that is -
standing in the middle of nowhere.
we know we're walking on the pavement
that leads nowhere
yet we refuse to move away.
because we're in the hopeless expectation
that;
one day
things will change
and happy ending
does exist.

4)
isn't it sad?
we know some good people
in reality they would become great pals -
yet we remember them differently,
for the heartbreaks.

5)
some people come into our life
as fireworks in the middle of night.
together we burn in desire
but we forget the scientific fact
that everything that burns
turns to dust

4)
I once read Norwegian Wood.
I agree with Toru.
He said that we remember the details
of a certain event,
more than the face of the person
we spent that time with.

One day -
we would recognize each other from the objects.
You'd remember me from the Japanese noodle
and a downtown skyscraper,
while I remember you from the grey pavement bricks
and a pair of movie tickets.

5)
Love is dead, he said when someone asked why a pair separated.
When someone asked for further details,
he looked away.
In all of a sudden -
we just stopped talking.

6)
Love is against science
It doesn't work in reciprocity.
It works beyond the measure,
it wants what it wants.
No amount of work could change
the result -
if it's against the wish.

7)
If you have no explanation
why you fell in love with me,
how couldn't I be afraid
if one day you could go
without telling me why?

holla 2017.

I was a bit shocked realizing how I was so unproductive last year. There are only four posts from May. Instead of finding an object to take all the blame for that lack of writing during 2016 - I pushed my self to do better this year. I believe that 2017 is going to be much better. Yes, I'm trying to write more posts. Apakah ngetweet di twitter termasuk writing activity juga? Because if you think writing is feelings-transforming-to-words maka tweet-tweet luapan emosi di twitter itu termasuk juga.
LOL.

I haven't thought about new variety for this blog's contents. I don't do much things beside my daily routine on weekdays, selain hangout with Mom on our favorite mall di tengah Kota Surabaya yang metropolitan dan minum kopi di kedai yang itu-itu aja yang ada logo putri duyung. Love would still be the string that connects all posts from all years, because love may come and go but love never goes out of style.
It only transforms to different people and different kind of relationship.
Gitulah.

Padahal ya ide-ide untuk posting di blog itu sudah ada, tapi selalu jadi wacana aja. Pantes deh generasiku dilabeli generasi wacana sam Rhenald Khasali. I quite present those youngsters kan. Wkwk.
Beberapa kali - aku ngobrol sama Mba Ika di whatsapp soal problematika cinta di era informatika sekarang ini. It's good to have someone like her- someone who understands the problems most early 20s are suffering from. I should add that she also has great and mature opinions about them. Aku suka. One day we were talking about the kind of relationship that is yet to be called a relationsip ngomongo ae HTS and she said I should write that experience gitu since we both had been into it for couple of times yea. Yah, aku pun udah tau persis which one I want to put into words but.... I'm so bad at managing time to make that happen. I really wish I could make that happen immediately.

Anw - one of my biggest resolution this year itu at least membaca 1 buku 1 bulan. I bought like three books last year dan berhasil baca 1 sedangkan yang 2 mangkrak. Menyedihkan. I'm going to finish them all before I buy new ones. Doakan saja ya.

jeudi 12 janvier 2017

maaf.

Aku menelusuri potret-potret dirimu,
pemandangan beragam rupa alam dan deretan gigi.
Kau tampaknya selalu bahagia dengan semua perjalanan itu-
Kawah di pegunungan, setapak jalan di alam bebas,
belum lagi pasir halus dan ombak yang menggulung biru di laut.
 Sedari awal, aku tahu kau tinggal di banyak kota
Kau tahu harga nasi padang di Bintaro
dan di pinggir Pulau Jawa itu berbeda.
Bagimu perjalanan antarkota dalam propinsi adalah hiburan
Entah yang kau cari pengalaman, atau sekedar pelarian

Aku suka rekaman perjalananmu untukku
yang kau buat pada suatu pendakian
di gunung paling ujung pulau
Bisa kulihat jalan setapak buatan
dan beberapa rekan perjalananmu.
Kau dan mereka semuanya tersenyum -
bahagia.

Aku suka mendengar suaramu berbicara di telepon
Seolah-olah kau tengah duduk di depanku pada sebuah kafetaria
dan kita bukannya baru dua minggu lalu saling tahu nama.
Aku juga suka permainan gitarmu
Diam-diam aku suka menontonnya saat aku sedang tidak sibuk
atau sebelum aku tidur waktu malam
Dari suaramu itu-
kau terdengar seperti seorang teman lama.
Kalau kau mencari pengagum -
aku akan menjadi pendengarmu yang setia.

Aku cuma bisa tertegun menatap potret-potretmu.
Kau tidak boleh punya ketertarikan apapun padaku.
Kau tidak boleh jatuh cinta dengan percakapan kita di telepon.
Kau tidak boleh ingin datang menemuiku di kota ini

Kau baik, sungguh.
Tapi maafkan aku -
Aku tidak bisa berjanji untuk perjalanan ke alam bebas denganmu.
Kau manusia yang memiliki pertanyaan
Kau menginginkan jawaban,
dan itu tidak ada padaku.
Anggap saja -
saat ini kita sedang saling menghabiskan waktu..

jeudi 5 janvier 2017

virtual match

You come to Tinder in hope you're going to find someone - regardless what your intention is, someone to hook up with, someone to give you attention in a regularly daily basis, someone to be involved in a serious relationship with, or just simply nothing more than a fling.
At a side, dating app sounds like a solution for singles out there. Don't blame someone who install the app because we can't say that they are too socially passive to go to social events, parties, etc. Sometimes, people can be stuck in such a situation where there's nobody around their ages (and available to date), such as if you're an office worker. You work five days a week, get back home at around 5 (or even later), no involvement in social groups consisting big amount of people, and prefer spend weekends with family or closest friends. There are little chances to meet someone new.
So, you can't just hang up there and hearing the reproduction clock keeps ticking -
You just can't hang up there while deep down you crave for partner to share stories with -
You have to do something, get yourself someone new, and see how things go. And, dating app is like a turning on yellow bulb outside your brain.
A solution.
It does sound like a solution for dead-end street loneliness.

Not to mention how easy it is to create a profile and find people from different places. I found my self amazed to find out how some people with a good job, a good educational background, and a good face is single. Like, how many people in this world that have such qualities within themselves are single anyway? I don't know if they're really single or just actually bored from their current relationship. They feel like they're not even real (well, they do - it's just they have no existence in your world - well, perhaps not yet). Swap left and right for few times then you'll find one. Then it's your decision to approach them further, or just leave it there to find another matches.

I honestly admit how awkward it is to flirt with someone you barely know. Like, it's creepy - you don't even know them in real life. IRL, I found how some people could be

Coming to Tinder in hope to find someone cute to waste time with flirtatious texts - but, is that really what we need? Swapping photos left and right because you don't have someone to give you attention in daily basis when in fact, you need that. You miss having showering attentions - Friends don't count because no-they don't woo you the way those strangers might end up doing. But, is that what you want? Wooing with strangers you don't even meet in real life?

You could meet someone everyday for months and still not knowing them for 100 percent. There are still parts of them - secrets, traits, or habits - that surprise you and you need some time to deal with that. You could know someone for a long time and say things like you don't want to date them because you know how they are in person, like there are things about themselves that annoy you or do not meet your standards.
What about those strangers, then?
You'll be more surprised when you figure themselves out.
 More?
That means for strangers or acquaintances, we would still be surprised when we get closer, right? We can be friends with someone for such a long period of time and still not feeling anything special for them - just literally no sparks. It's just casual relationship between mates. But, then we bump into this one person and suddenly it feels different. It feels like 'voila' and it will be like every pessimistic perspectives about relationship and love completely disappear. You know 500 days of Summer, right? If I'm not mistaken, that's one of those movies you freaking love.
So, I guess, bumping into a random stranger on a social dating application is one of the way you meet your click? That you will just look at one picture, judging if they're cute enough for a sleepover on this Saturday, and deciding to swap them to send flirts - oh, I should've known just how lonely you are.

mardi 3 janvier 2017

sajak awal tahun

1)
Aku akan menghadiahkan puisi pada hari ulang tahunmu.
Tiap hari aku akan menulis satu baris
mengenai hal-hal apa saja
yang membuatku jatuh cinta.

2)
Kau laki-laki yang pendiam;
dalam berbicara hemat penggunaan kata,
dalam berlaku tak pernah banyak tingkah,
serta tidak banyak mengumbar cerita.
Sedari dulu aku cuma pengagum rahasia,
aku memuja dari pinggir lapangan,
aku mengenalmu sejauh punggungmu saja,
sedang kau hanya mengetahuiku sebatas nama.

3)
Bangku-bangku taman kota dan pepohonan tuanya,
alun-alun kota yang sudut-sudutnya dimiliki para remaja
Guguran ranting, pendar senja hari, dan padat seberang jalan raya
pada bersiap untuk menjadi latar cerita.
Aku berdiri di salah satu lampu taman berkepala bola,
menunggumu datang jauh-jauh dari Surabaya.

penghibur

Aku bersembunyi di balik kesibukan,
kepala menunduk dan tubuh menekuk
di bawah meja kerja
hati ku jejalkan sekenanya
di laci meja yang kututup rapat-rapat.

Aku berharap bisa bangun di pagi hari
tanpa perlu mengingat raut di wajahmu pada hari Minggu itu.
Itu adalah hari dimana sepasang orang asing menjalin keakraban
Kita menanggalkan jati diri dan meninggalkan zona-zona nyaman
Kau mencoba berlari dari masa lalu tempatmu akan selalu berada
Aku mencoba peruntungan dalam pencarian akan pasangan,
Kita -singkatnya- menjebak diri untuk bersenang-senang di masa sekarang

Aku masih berharap bisa melewati bandara Juanda
tanpa perlu ingat jaket biru tua dan sesosok lelaki muda.
Kau lebih baik tidak perlu ingat dua karcis bioskop tua
dan seorang perempuan yang menunggumu dengan segelas kopi
di tangannya.
Semoga kesibukan dan rutinitas mencuci habis ingatanmu
tentangku,
semoga tenggat waktu dan setumpuk gawai di meja menyita perhatianku
dari sesekali mengingatmu

Semua adalah ilusi -
meskipun yang terjadi hari itu bukan fantasi
Kita merindukan keakraban, tapi menolak terjebak sebuah ikatan
Kau bermain-main dengan kemungkinan,
dan aku yang memberi kesempatan.
Tapi hidup sudah berjalan seadil-adilnya -
kau dan aku sedari awal memang tak ditakdirkan,
bagi satu sama lain, kita cuma penghiburan.
Tidak lebih.