07/03/2022

Pemungkas

Dua pemeran utama yang tak tahu jalan pulang
Karena dulu pulang adalah pelukan dan kecup bibir
Dan rumah bukan 4 sisi penyekat yang mendekap diri
Lalu begitu saja makna luruh
Melebur bersama tangis yang semakin bergemuruh
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Mereka bilang saat dua hati jatuh cinta
Dunia terasa milik berdua
Nampaknya sentimen itu tak lagi romantis
Melainkan terlewat egois
Maka sudah waktunya berbagi tempat tinggal
Dengan makhluk asing lainnya
Karena kita bukan lagi pemeran utama
Hanya dua asing berusaha melupa nama

24/01/2022

Glum

Last night, I dreamt about you. Funny how our conversations used to be very heated and full of lush for life, yet now we can only reach each other out through a different state of mind. 

In the dream, I was ready to leave the country. You were there; picking me up with your old car whilst helping me ticking off the list on my last day. Wasn't sure of the intention, since I didn't throw any kind of farewell party. It's not something to celebrate after all. Maybe I felt obligated to tell you to have a proper goodbye, since you were the one I told about how wild my dreams and the ways of achieving it. We used to fantasize about the future until I forgot how my mind never let me see any further than tomorrow. But I was one step closer to it, and you were certainly the right person to help me get a grip with reality. So I presume it's the best that I could do too.

We've talked about things; families, work, even lovers. We've found ways to accept those facts without gloom wrapping each other's gaze. I was wishing for your happiness, and you did too. Our minds might work in an absurd way while dreaming, but somehow the wish felt sincere; like you're saying it so yourself. It did make me feel at ease.

I didn't recall how the dream ended. However, I could remember it well that I woke up feeling melancholy; definitely not a righteous way to start the day. I took a glimpse at my phone, but the urge to take it to reach you is no longer there.