to those who not born an aristocrat,
what it means to be a human-being?
a terrible exhaustion - result of attrition
soulless slave - six days a week
is there any other alternative, though
I cannot outstare the bill faces
rent will due soon
endless presentations
pointless meetings
118,000 unread emails
week long business trips
"bare minimum to get by" prohibited
I have lunch delivered
snacks delivered
dinner delivered
I have all the food inside my office
and a beautiful apartment facing the sea
with the sun rays peeking in through the blinds each morning
but I'm just too busy
hopelessly hoarding pennies
hopefully saving enough joy for the future
they say your hardwork will come into frution
repeating cycles of entire career till retirement?

You're Vincent Vega
I'm Mia Wallace
Plunged the needle to my chest
Adrenaline injection it is
Significant other or a guardian angel?
Baby, you're my 24/7 bodyguard.

You saved me
You saved me
I thanked God, He sent you
I don't need Marsellus Wallace anymore
Completely healed
This immidiate
This instant.

Let me tell you, it happened to me once,
---------

She left.
The worst part of it all were the questions
Why didn't she give me a reason
Why didn't she waits for me
A puzzle to be decoded,
I carefully studied past memories,
dutifully analyzing every words I said
What was wrong?
It's unfair how she left without a reason

Every night & day
I spiralled downwards into despair
The pain barely registers
My world were gray
Hyperbolic, but it is
Life was pointless
The future was a fog
I cursed myself, hoped something could happened so I didn't have to be alive

"Should I go find him? I'll wait for him, I trust him, he exclusive to me."

Don’t be fooled
On the first 3 months, I thought that too
But she cuts her hearts into 3 & gave it away
That's how she cope with the pain
She heals faster that way
No point to stay like a dog sitting & waiting for its owner to come home behind the closed door
Complexity of human beings
Don't be a burden of feelings
Yours and another’s
There's still a residual damage

Eventually after 4 months I got her back
My heart was so happy that she comes home
I loved her, but she wasn't entirely mine
I could force a marrige & have a family with her
But I realized if I did that, it will be only pressured me
Everything that's not supposed to yours will slipped out of you grip sooner or later, no matter how hard you hold it.

"What about my theory if some black magic witch played a trick on him? we're in Indonesia, you know sometimes it happens illogicaly"

Feelings become stronger than reasoning. Even though I’m ideologically opposed to your theory, if it happened then it happened with God 's permission. It could be a way to save you from him. All for a good cause.

It's his choice
An active action
Accept that
It's just a matter of breaking a habit you're attached to

I'm not forbid you to go there
If you still wan't to fight for him, does he deserve your efffort?
Choose your battle wisely
Don't go alone & promise me
If it's not what you expect,
If you encounteres a road to disappointment
Do not do anything stupid
I don't want to hear you did any lame attempt to escape from this world

Don’t push the thoughts away
Let them in,
Embrace the sadness and heart break
Accept them and let them be there
This is a learning journey, you'll be fine
Time will erase the pain away.

356 putaran bumi, kita beradu rasa
Raga saling terlekat erat, tak terasa
Rapat serapat barisan bata, tak terduga, terbiasa
Memadukan jari, tanpa perlu banyak bicara
Saling menyaut, berjalan searah

Memang arus yang membimbingku
Langit bumi berselurus mengantarmu
Bingkisan besar para dewa untukku
Berkat kebesaran yang Maha Segala

malam ini,
si bocah rewel berhenti menyamar
pikirannya terlalu gerah
jiwanya renta, terkekang
tempurung dahi hanya terisi geram
kantong kapuk bersaksi
atas tangis kelelahan tanpa suara

ia sempat doyan bekerja
berpayah-payah memunguti kerikil
satu demi satu
tiap pijakannya bukan tindakan acak
menempa diri demi bilangan

kini yang tersisa
hanya pendar-pendar ambisi & setungku kekosongan menjemukan
Ia berkutat pada teka teki yang tersuguh manis
mencari pembebasan yang sepadan
berharap segera merdeka dari jerat alur yang mengikat keras

berlumuran lamunan
ia berserah, membakar doa
sambil melempar akal
'adakah satu dari seluruh umat manusia yang masih belum paham, kita ini gerombolan wayang bukan dalang!'

Lunas sudah
selepas kutelusuri
segenap
frekuensi relatif
tak bersisa
aksiku menghadang dirimu.

Bukan khayal
angsa anggunku
satelit jiwa kala lampau
heranku dibuatnya
gamblangnya usaikan
cerita.

Benarkah
kesembronoanku?
Dambaku, kau tanya nalarmu.

Buram rekamanku
namun tak lagi
ada inginku berceloteh
per kau lempar ke kolong
tak beri sela kompromi.

Mustahil pudarkan rasaku,
hanya pikiranku,
luruh binasa.

Setakar janjiku,
ini kali terakhir aku datang padamu.

Makasih ya
Kini, aku berhenti mengugat
walau tanganku bergetar pelak
Tuhan buat yang baik menyeruak
kutenang, tak lagi koyak,
toh jika baik, kembali dipersatukan kelak.
demikianlah.
akhirnya kulepas juga genggamanku.

Between
the heart-shaped white topaz
and crescendo contra bass

I smell chaos
To you, kudos
Leap unto the destiny

Why we rushing
Denying norm
Anxiety showing
Lock the room

Do you have
a cold feet?
cause I am

Biar rintik tangis langit membawa ceritaku ke awan dan dijatuhkannya di depan matamu.
Sampai basah tersimpan pada kelamnya aspal Gudang Utara malam ini.
Sudah berendam pada firman-firman Bapa, untuk pudarkan namamu dari jiwaku.
Pikiranku bulat, doaku tegak.

Jadi, sampai disini saja pementasanmu, kamu bukan lagi lakon utama ataupun lakon pendukung ceritaku.
Koper ini kutinggalkan, terlalu lelah pundakku menanggung beban pikiran atas kemungkinan yang fana.
Biar bumi berkisah tentang kekosongan yang pernah tak kupahami. Memoriku telah lalu, kini terisi dengan yang baru.

Ah muncul lagi
Lelaki benalu kesayanganku
mengendap-endap masuk ke pikiran kosong

Di hitamnya langit
kutemukan selintas retrospeksi terselip diatara bintang
kau dadakan hilang
tak 1 pun kata kau anggap perlu kau beberkan
mulutmu rapat terkunci
mungkin penjelasan itu hanya bisa ditemukan di air luka hatimu yang dalam

Sini duduk sebentar
biar kupinjamkan sepatu heelsku
malah tak perlu kudandani kamu
tak perlu busana merah muda mencolok
kamu sendiri sadar kamu banci,
maksudku pengecut

Tak sudi kusebut kamu banci
banci saja lebih jantan darimu
mereka berani unjuk diri depan dunia
gagah gigih tampil beda mencolok
meniupkan asap rokok ke muka komentator

Ada udang dibalik batu
ada busuk dibalik hadirmu
kau pergi karena kau anggap tak ada lagi gunaku bagimu kan?

Dalam senyum sumingrah kuucap syukur pada Bapa di sorga
sebab benalu sepertimu tak pantas ada disini
jam pasir telah dibalik
segera akan habis waktu permatamu
biar gelapnya malam yang menghajar pancaran sinarmu yang menjijikan

Lelaki benalu kesayanganku habis digerogoti nafsu keserakahannya

When the car door shut & lock clicked on
I step on the gas, home is the destination
Fingers hanging around the streering wheels
I am the prodigal daughter sending mom to her workplace
Solitude is greatest gift, riding solo in my black four wheels
Radio playing but silences gulping
Every turns, every slam on the break
How mesmerizing the way muscle memory takes over

Bandung,
Here we go again, my dearest hometown
Glorified as romance blooming town
Humble city where poor, rich, & in between live side-by-side
Some landmarks greet me like old friends
While much has changed, much remains the same
Blury lights surrounded by the dark sky
Everything is achingly familiar

Nostalgia decided to popped up in the middle of this crowded road
Stillness of traffic, is so relaxing yet emotions tighten my throat
The friction between my skin & the seat belt that pinned me feels real
My memory banks wanders, hunting for some scenarios I buried down deep
My falling out with you

The red lights of the traffic light feels like forever
My fingertips left a steam circle on cold the window pane
Honey, were you sweet on the surface, like javanese giving false compliments just to be polite?
Did you really loved me when you gave me those goodnight kisses?
Were all of these time 'we are' only a forced kinship?
Do you ever regret leaving me for your ego?
Do you remember me?
Do you ever wanted to contact me?
Was my presence not significant enough in your life?
Was the distance washed away all the connection we grew over the years ?
Our "seperate lives" is not to blame. I never found proof, you play innocence all the time
I shrinked, I feel small, hurt, guilty

Switching gears, speeding up, exploring familiar neigboorhood
Heart feels heavy, moral compass kicked in
Wish I could ran away from my gross inaccuracies assumptions
Eyes sting, teardrop slipping
Eyes on the road, won't even blink

I asked myself for the millionth time, if it's really worth the grief
I'm fine, nothing to lose
I got a way much better person that love me now, so why you still haunts me
Accepting, the universe is filtering you out of my life for a good cause
When we're both good enough our path may cross again
I'm still adjusting, please understand
Nope, I don't want you back, at all
You disgust me, it's Bandung that fed me up with this nostalgic spiral

I'm leaving
While much has changed, much remains the same.

Diamku itu
sebentuk kedewasaan
hasil tempaan semesta

Pura-pura rabunku itu
sebentuk kedewasaan
bisikan suruhan semesta

Jarak tubuhku yang sengaja kujauhkan itu
sebentuk kedewasaan
kesadaran yang ditumbuhkan semesta

Mungkin bumi terlalu banyak diputari bulan
mungkin juga ini jawaban doamu
sampai akhirnya membawaku padamu lagi
aku bisa saja menghampiri & menhakimimu
atau memuntahkan segala rasa & pikiran saat itu

Kedewasaanku itu
bukan hanya cerdiknya lidah bertutur manis
kau saksikan sendiri matangku

Memang masih sedikit perih
hantu kenangan buruk yang terpanggil dadakan

Kedewasaanku itu
adalah sebentuk ikhlas
adalah bentuk penepatan janjiku
bahwa tidak akan kuganggu dirimu
Kau tahu tidak?

There's secrets exchanged
Under the round peachy city light,
Across Gadjah Mada street

Between 4 privilege kids
Denpasar has it ways
To unite west-east-north-south at once

Here, to the feast
To the riddle of longing
To floating dilemmas
To confusing adulthood
We've been together before
Not just a narrative hunters

When the wind oppress
We are lost,
but we're not gonna lose

Dari dua
Kupilih satu
Yang mula
Daripadamu

Sebab main main main main
Lalu jatuh
Endap lain lain lain batin
Baru runtuh

Anggap bodoh pemain lama
Kalau jodoh takkan kemana

Keruh
Apa rasaku palsu
Alpa jujurmu bisu
Biar resah di lembah ragu
Atau nyata sungguh lugu

Jangan lagi kau cari aku
Karena aku si paling batu

Eighty years young
Speaking in tounge

Your body fought
Head full of bizarre thought

Arms and legs restrained
How are you not frightened

Are they violent, Yah?
We tried, everything,
for the shake of your revival

I can't bear to see you like this
I wish you are dismiss

Heavily sedated & exhausted
To tired to wrestled & agitated
Lord please take his pain away

Pasir memeluk kakiku, tak mau melepaskanku.
Licinnya pasir berkali-kali membuatku terhisap.
Sama seperti pelukanmu kala itu,
yang terus mengunciku,
berontak tiada artinya
sampai akhirnya jiwaku tunduk pula padamu.

Kita pernah bahagia,
Bagai burung-burung yang terbang rendah, bermain-main diantara air,
Mengintip manisnya pantulan diri air biru.

Yang lama terasa singkat.
Seperti langit merah muda yang lama lama termakan kabut pindah ke kegelapan malam yang menenangkan hanya dalam hitungan detik.

Bagai kapal yang mengapung terombang ambing kencangnya ombak,
Ia tetap teguh karena telah menjatuhkan jangkarnya.
Begitulah aku ketika pada akhirnya hanya kau dijiwaku.

Namun arus laut begitu kuat,
begitu sulit untuk berenang pada arah tujuan.
Semesta punya ceritanya,
berkali-kali kupaksakan tubuhku tak terbawa arus,
namun kakiku lemah, terus menerus terobek tajamnya batu karang yang tak kelihatan.
Mungkin itu cara semesta beritahu
bahwa disana bukan tempat yang aman bagiku.

Aku menyerah.
Seperti butiran pasir yang kugenggam erat dibawah air laut,
satu per satu rontok,
aku tergoda untuk membuka tanganku di bawah air
dan menyaksikan kemegahan pasir-pasir kecil yang jatuh menghilang terseret air.
Itulah kau.

Laut punya caranya.
Semuanya akan terjadi alami.
Semesta poros pengaturnya.
Biarlah laut hapuskan kau.

Tenang saja,
aku akan kembali baik-baik saja.
Seperti debur ombak yang menyapu kasarnya pasir, ia mampu mendatarkan lintasannya yang sebelumnya hancur teracak-acak angin.

Bagai tapak kaki di basahnya pasir,
berjejak namun akan segera hilang begitu terhanyut ombak ataupun angin yg berhembus.

Intentional abduction,
meets skeptical reaction

Where the fuel light keeps blinking
and the sidewalks become an escape

Your gaze laid bare
throught crowd’s eyes
While mine, blankly stare
once I realizes

A plot woven
with desire threads
I’ll play pretend
Spitfire heads

Stumbled,
My head is a mess maze
Humbled,
Let the lion chase

Circle the letter of one best answer to each question.

Which one is better?
A. Deeply insecure
B. Extremely over-confident

berhenti sebentar
amati tangga kehidupan
beberapa melesat kencang
beberapa berleha-leha
beberapa meronta terpenjara
bersandiwara mencengkram erat muslihat
beberapa berhenti berkoar
betah hanya memandang 1 arah
acuh membangun bata perbatasan
agar ujungnya jiwa tak lagi rapuh

kulihat semuanya budak
diantara kerumunan manusia
golongan batasnya
pendapatan pengeluaran
semua saling bertukar jerit
"memangnya kau siapa?"

Kamu masih boleh masuk,
atau sekedar memanggilku dari ruang sebelah,
boleh juga kamu tatapi aku tanpa kata,
ku ijinkan kau mengintip hari-hariku,
kalaupun kau tak pedulikanku,
pintunya tetap tak akan ku tutup

Satu yang tak kuijinkan,
jangan kau tutup paksa pintuku.
Aku akan tutup ketika ku mau.
Ini pintuku.

Nama             : Megitta Ignacia
Nomor induk: 2011120001
Mata kuliah   : Kamu

No |  Komponen      |     Nilai Hasil Belajar
1.)     Inisiatif                                 A
2.)     Kehadiran                            A
3.)     Kesetiaan                             A+
4.)     Komunikasi                         B+
5.)     Kejujuran                             B
6.)     Kepedulian                          A+
7.)     Kesabaran                            C
8.)     Disiplin Studi                      A
9.)     Keterampilan:                     A
         - Membuatmu tertawa walaupun garing
         - Memasak & delivery makanan bagimu
         - Membersihkan kamarmu

Catatan: emosi belum cukup stabil, agak suka mengeluh, namun independent, bisa diganggu selalu mengusahakan ada ketika kamu membutuhkan support.

Extra credit: pelukan & ciuman terhangat

Au rare afternoon delights,
wrestled on a couch,
barely concealed,
gasping for an instant bond,
whinny inner monologue,
I chew the green & swallowed it
Quest for the bliss,
yet, you repeat yourself,
comme d'habitude,
nerves has conquered,
yet, my neurons,
turned interrogative,
how can I make peace,
for the unbalance water scales.

bara tubuhku
satu nafas, tikaman di perut
tapi bukan dari luar
bukan dari luar

cairan menjelma jadi belati
satu tegukan ramuan rempah sakti
rimpang agung warisan bumi pertiwi
jemari kuning si mbok hadir membukti
hangat jamu kuning pekat nan wangi
meresap, dinding terkikis
rasanya jantung diri digenggam keji

kini terlepas dari ragaku
sebegini ampuhnya
hingga ia menyerah luruh
sewaktu-waktu berdalih biasa saja
itu hanya gumpalan darah biasa
tidak ada yamg mengambil jiwa secara paksa
maklumkanlah
tubuhnya saja belum terbentuk sempurna
itu hanya gumpalan darah biasa

tiny little tablet
with water you dissolved
as you fell to the surface of my tounge
my taste buds cried out
bitterness
it lingers on

tiny little tablet
works like magic
rides out water into the stomach
travel through the blood stream
my body absorbs every molecules
ease the pain, heal the hurt

tiny little tablet
tiny little baby dose
can restore a full sized human body
you're so small
yet so powerful
drowsy starts to kick in
good night

Chatterbox, face-to-face
Nine o'clock, brace the pace
Sign the docs, stop the chase
I quit! You're a disgrace.

Allegation: "double agent?"
Your brain is too ancient
Keep testing my patience
I'm done! from your insulting statement.

Nothing you say, can rearrange my perception
I ain't got time, for your desperate deception
Suffered enough, running out of option
Uncaged! Claiming liberation.

catch some rays
where the sun blaze
on the **** days

I'm Moses
where can I flee
between the red sea
Egyptian army
are behind me

sink into a deckchair
boulder inside my chest
dancing with a feet bare
on a sandy beach, I know I'm very blessed

tranquil waters
let me be uncaged

The glow of city lights
reflecting on the fountain waters
it lighting up the grey brick floor.
Renon is sleeping.

After the anesthesia wore off,
it seems as if
the Drawarapla is starring at me.

Are we all
too entitled to be willing to “suffer” ?
we're clay molded, put in the work?

There’s a fine line
between submission and abuse.

"Dear heart, how do you feel?"

Many times,
you still haunts me in my dreams,
maybe that was the closest I’d ever get to seeing you.

Sometimes,
your absence randomly gives me stabs of pain.

But light slapped me,
"Dear heart, how do you really feel?"
Realization came & hits me hard

The real thing is
I'm done painting some false reality of words I wish you said.
I'm no longer trying because I’m tired of hearing you’re busy.
Those days, do you know how hurt it felt to stared at your phone hoping it would ring as you promised to call only it didn’t? your job is always more important.
I wish you know how hard I tried to stay committed to you from 10000 km apart.
How my faith would be tested
again & again,
but I decided to holding on to what we had
I was 110% yours.
You're always too late & never there.
My soul relieves it's over
because I cannot bear the insecurities, doubts, uncertainty.
I can finally let go of the pain I've got used to.
I'm happier this way.
I will not allow me to be victimized by the nostalgia.
The past was never meant to be resurrected.

--------------------------------------------

But still,
I hope you got flashbacks of me
when you drown yourself on work;
the one thing you think more important than me;
your escape from the crazy things around you,
yes, keep running
clock is ticking, quick
work harder be busy
you don't deserved to be this stress bae
those sadness you keep hiding has turned you become a monster
******* and irrationally mad

It's so you
Your pain has turns into numbness
then the numbness turns to rage
then the rage turns to silence

And when you switch off the computer,
the pain will creeping up
inside your heart remains  dark and dingy,
take a piece of me with you in your heart along the way.

membingkai itu ada tujuannya
dilapisi kaca biar tidak terkotori
aku mengamplas ingatan yang sempat luntur
terbawa pada lamunan utuh & seruan sendu
silam, bertumpu berapi-api enggan berkeputusan asal
sampai kini, aku masih patuh pada prinsipku

kamu memintaku,
namun hatiku berprasangka itu rancangan induk
bukan asli pemintaanmu
kupilih menepikan diri
diam-diam berharap kamu bercerita lebih dalam
tapi nihil, malah indukmu maju
aku mau, tapi apa keputusan ini benar
pepetan restu, tekanan waktu
dihimpit ketakutan indukmu atas cemooh
orang, siapa? tetangga? saudara?

keengganan bersepaham
kuuji kamu dari belakang
menantang setara, seimbang, sejajar
lontaran kata pengundang debat
berlindung atas wejangan duda muda yang baik
"dua jenis prinsip tujuan pernikahan"
satu, untuk memulai keluarga baru
dua, untuk menyatukan keluarga
dengan kesadaran kupilih yang bertolak denganmu
karena saat itu aku belumuran ragu
sejauh mana kedewasaanmu?

kamu gagal pada tesmu,
tapi aku tetap bertahan kala itu,
setelah semua berjarak, mungkin kamu sadar ikatan pernikahan bukanlah hal main-main
kubedah diriku, ada setitik kekecewaan
seumpama semesta menghajarku dengan keras
tapi Ia tidak melepaskanku pada maut
disadarkanNya pula, inilah jawaban doa
"jauhkanlah aku dari yang jahat & dekatkanlah dengan yang baik"
jari manisku takkan tersemat cincin duri sebab ranting emas berbunga daisy telah memekarkan diri