Malam lain di mana kita terjaga
Cukup sunyi namun banyak suara
Sudah enam kabisat ku lalui
Tidak ada yang bisa ku banggakan hingga kini
Suatu hari aku bermimpi
Suatu hidup normal yang ku jalani
Bayangan itu hilang tertiup angin di jalan
Pada malam dengan cahaya remang
Aku pergi berdoa ke masjid
Aku pergi untuk menguras fisik
Kita tahu itu hanya terkesan baik
Balik, balik, balik
Sepertinya kita tidak akan pernah tahu
Apa yang terjadi jika aku sedikit lebih dulu
Tapi tidak apa-apa sekarang ya
Sebuah cerita di dekade kedua
Harapanku juga sederhana
Mungkin kau juga sama
Namun kita bisa mengerti semua
Untuk lanjut jalan dan mungkin bersua
Dalam pikiranku yang hilang tanpa suara
Sepertinya menyenangkan ya
Hari-hari di mana aku menulis
Merangkai kata cerita hingga puitis
Disusun sambil sendiri berpetualang
Terlihat keren namun rindu pulang
Jiwa raga yang aku korbankan
pada hal yang selalu luar dugaan
Di dunia yang tidak pernah memberikanmu kepuasan
Mungkin aku akan membuat sesuatu
Masa bodoh, aku tidak akan bertaruh
Bekerja pada jalan berputar
Takut untuk berhenti atau berubah
Sepertinya kita terjebak di 19
Perasaan aku bisa menjadi seseorang
Apakah dia hilang seperti angan?
Benakku tidak baik-baik saja
Namun aku tidak tahu kenapa
Kenapa mata ini sering terjaga
Apakah aku pria yang sempurna?
Sudahku kurangi kebiasaan rokoknya
Aku bermimpi pada kursi penumpang kau ada
Kita tertawa karena bersama bernostalgia
Cahaya kota menyinari bagai harapan
Kemerlip, akankah kau mengantarku pulang?
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Percakapan anonim di sore hari
Akhir pekan berakhir sebentar lagi
Mangadu nasib, mengumbar jati diri
Aku dan kamu bertemu nanti, tapi
Janganlah kita melihat akhir dari cerita
Aku akan tetap tinggal
Ketika kau takut dan cemas
Dan aku tenggelam dalam kelam
Berikan aku semua malam mu
Aku akan selalu mau mengantarkanmu pulang
Genggam tanganku di siang itu
Ku buat perjalanan ini lebih panjang
Aku akan selalu ada nanti tiap kau mengangkat piala
Atau tiap kau pulang hanya dengan dahaga, tapi
Janganlah kita melihat akhir dari cerita
Aku akan tetap tinggal
Ketika kau takut dan cemas
Dan aku tenggelam dalam kelam
Berikan aku semua malam mu
Aku akan selalu mau mengantarkanmu pulang
Janganlah nanti lupakan kenangan
Karena mereka tidak akan melupakanmu
Dan aku tak akan melupakanmu
Jangan sampai kamu kembali menjadi asing
Yang bisa aku kenali di mana pun kita bertemu, maka
Percakapan hangat di malam hari
Hari minggu berakhir sebentar lagi
Membuka diri, kita coba menari
Aku dan kamu selamanya nanti, tapi
Janganlah kita melihat akhir dari cerita
Aku terus berusaha untuk ada
Ketika kau takut dan cemas
Dan aku tenggelam dalam kelam
Aku mau bagian dari cerita mu
Aku akan selalu mau mengantarkanmu pulang
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Let me lie down with you as we just stare at the ceiling
Invade my lungs, you're all I want to breathe
Sweet silence, we'll spend each other night
I'll let you fall asleep in my arms just right
I say I love you in secret, without reason
And I'd kiss your forehead goodnight
Let me frame it, your last twenty-five
Narrowed my eyes, pausing this life
I could've spent forever holding your hands
Picture of your face all over my sketches
Intrusive thoughts taking over my dreamland
I don't want to seek another faces
Some peace of mind I'd kill for so long
I've been waiting on the day all along
Would you take me and not look back
Good gracious, gave me a heart attack
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It was unfortunate that the fever caught me by
At the end of that summer night
You crossed my path through a swipe
Safe to say that I was charmed
I heard you and other faces went quiet
Well, you don't know much about me
I'll explain it as best I can
I was too long hiding under the shadow
Of someone whose always on the run
Time is wasted on a boy who is faking
Always pretending just to be a man
I'm sorry, did I get it wrong for you, babe?
Guess I don't know anything about it, then
I don't want to fuck it all up
Yet I got overwhelmed,
Under your blue shades
Got me feeling all the feels
As our hands finally meet
But I don't want to speak too soon
So I just pray it's all true
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It was a long damn drive
On my black Toyota
I was harmonizing to some folk anthem
And you sat there in silence
You took that cigarette out of my pocket
Said, "I thought you'd quit smoking."
Followed with stories till it past midnight
We're falling slowly, just right
And I don't want to go
I've had moments
I don't want to play dead, yet
Walking on a tightrope,
It was a few meters off the ground
Just be here, be close
Putting up some inevitable fights
We might make it through the night
We can do it right
Now look how far we've come
Three months later, are we still counting?
I'm not looking down
With every path and crossroads
Where we could go somewhere around
Or we could call it's done
But I don't want to go
I've had moments
I don't want to play dead, yet
Walking on a tightrope,
It was a few meters off the ground
Just be here, be close
Putting up some inevitable fights
We might make it through the night
I hope we can do it right
I picked up the notes you gave as we go
I know where I'm wrong, and I'll learn not to be
Are we still going to that city where I studied?
Ask me anytime, and I'll be ready
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Are you pretty sure we're still dancing
Or just moving cause the music is still playing
I think I know the reason you have that new tattoo
It is one of the best times of your life, huh
To be in the movies early in your twenties
The way you tell your story too
Honestly, I'm kinda jealous of what you've been through
Oh, what did your past lover do that get you swept off your feet?
Don't you raise your hopes too much from me?
If you're still looking for your past in the present time
My insecurities starting to bother me, clouding my mind
Why are we forcing things that are not meant to be
Are you sure we're still trying?
Whatever it is we're going through, I'm staying
Either as a friend or your significant other
We're too comfortable to go for a sail
Put a tick mark on each other resume
Closing half of our eyes just to go with it
The time we're spending is it worth the memories?
Somehow I'm unsure
People know me as being too loyal to anybody
To the point I considered myself walking in the night, blind
Just let me know, and I'll set my priorities right
If you want to make memories, align with mine
I don't have anybody else to please
But I do know how to spare my time
I'll never know how this story is going to end
I know we cannot make any commitment
But when it ended, and our scars started to mend
Will I have the legacy to be inked on your skin?
I don't know whether I'm done picking up petals from roses
Filled up with thorns, so long play time bruises
I don't want to be the one that burned bridges
But sometimes, moving forward means losing faces
I'll change for the better, but I won't leave my ground
I'll stay for you, but maybe not for the closest bound
We'll let time heal each other wound
But no matter how it burry our memories pass on,
I promise I won't be that hard to be found
Best believe I'll stay dancing to the same song
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Fast food on the ground floor, where you at?
Smirk smile in the center with black hat
We sat there, stayed awhile for a chat
Are we ready to see this whereat
That stares and your dark hair, fancy shoes
Damn, well, it is nice to finally meet you
Imagine all of the things we could do
All of this because I like you
Let's drive far away from this city
Take some time to pause our reality
Whatever you've been through lately,
You can always let your head lay on me
We're not bound to promises
We're just trying to make it count
And for you, I'd go places
To keep you safe and sound
Long drive with my hands up in your hair
Sound of your deep breath as I stare
Long traffic, under rainstorms in cold air
Don't let these moments go to wear
Raindrops, in the highway, me and you
You're unlike everyone that I knew
Thousands of scenarios in my head pass-through
Did I touch you the way you wanted me to?
My hand on the steering wheel
And the other one next to you
It doesn't matter how the weather feels
Please hold my hand, out of the blue
Am I still a stranger to you?
Do I get the privilege of being on your mind?
Please give me a clue
Do you ever think about me all the time?
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Am I ready for giving up hope for a different past? To know that the past is over, the dust has settled and the destruction left in its wake could never be reconstructed to resemble what it was. There's no magic solution to the damage that's been caused. As unfair as the hurricane was, you still have to live in its city of ruins.
The past is over yet the story isn't. Can I meet you along the way until the book is over or are you just another chapter? Drawbacks are necessary but why am I worried?
It's not the end of all the ending, but are our broken bones are mending? With all the night we're spending?
I'll stay for a while to know that you are. Waitng for this melatonin to kicks in.
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It was 2.30 on my way back to Jakarta
On the highway run with a dim light on
Trying to sleep like everyone else
Yet sometimes awaken by the road ahead
It was everyone versus everything
Some parents crossed the borderline to see their only son
Some strangers risked their only hope to meet their faith
And there was me trying to get home
We never met yet our feelings mutual
We shared each other silence,
And drowned in the loud judgments in our presence
How can anyone be so subtle
Sleeping in the midnight bus
I ain't ever worried about us
Cancelled plans, hard to trust
Did I ever cross your mind once?
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Awareness
I can feel the sky
Running the clouds before it starts to rain
I can feel the earth
Slowly spinning around through time and space
Is it that easy to ignore?
The slightest change inside someone else's brain?
Sometimes it's a hard pill to swallow
Accepting the mildest objections
Invisible smoke inside your studio
Graveyard of a thousand intentions
I can feel the pain
From the tiniest papercut between your fingers
I can read your mind
Stories unfold with a secret lingers
Everything moves so fast in motion
I get overwhelmed, I'd be alone
Trying to numb my mind and emotions
I wish I'm not that kind of person
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You used to count on this train
Sitting on a 90-degree seat
Escaping from the teenage pain
You ran away in a beat
Whatever happened in your 20s
You pushed yourself to find your limit
From your physical self to your feelings
There is almost nothing between it
You'll climb those Mountains, and swim into the deep
You'll break your heart, you'll break someone else's
You'll try to find something to fill your void
You'll realise it was just a phase
I took this train back just to feel back again
Those tiring hours under this midnight rain
Or am I just running away from the current pain?
These nostalgic feelings to keep me sane
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You're wide awake before the sun breaks
Ready to run down the country lane
All of your friends that you texted
Ready to dance under the midnight rain
For a minute there, it was perfect
Crashed and burned, but it's worth it
Bittersweet memories won't stop me
To come back to this beautiful scenery
I know it was over
I know we're all clear
But I love this city
Though I'm not really from here
Let me rewrite some of my memories
After all this years
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Ketika malam ditutupi oleh awan
Pengalaman berjalan sendiri di kegelapan
Apakah kau melihat kilaunya berlian?
Terusap di pipinya berjatuhan
Aku tak tahu apa yang harus ku lakukan
Tetapi jika ia bersedih, maka aku juga sama
Hanya bisa diam, aku biarkan
Kutemani hingga entah pukul berapa
Dia bercerita "aku tak sanggup lagi"
Tangisnya seperti permata di pipi
Dan mereka membuatku biru
Karena aku tak sanggup membantu
Dia duduk sembari menghadap depan
Tak apakah aku mengalihkan pikiran?
Mungkin ini hanya sebentar
Namun itu tidak terasa benar
Di bawah cahaya kota,
Ia mengusap matanya
Tak tahu mengapa
Aku menangis juga
Jangan sampai ia melihatnya
Akhir dari malam
Ia mencoba terpejam
Karena tiap fajar di esok harinya
Terasa ia lebih baik-baik saja
Tinggal jejak permata miliknya
Sudah mengering tiada sisa
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Sejujurnya aku hampir tidak pernah menyentuh puzzle. Karena aku pasti menghindari konflik dan kekacauan. Jika sudah terlanjur, aku akan (merasa) terpaksa untuk menyelesaikannya.
Bagaimana perasaan mu sekarang? Sudah baik-baik saja kah setelah pandemi? Mungkin status pandemi di Indonesia belum selesai atau sudah dinyatakan hilang sepenuhnya. Tetapi orang-orang mulai balik ke rutinitas mereka. Jalanan mulai macet seperti biasa. Tempat-tempat seperti mall dan taman mulai ramai. Orang-orang sudah menganggap CoVid sebagai flu biasa (percayalah, itu bukan flu biasa, karena aku akhirnya alumni juga). Aku akhirnya mendapatkan arisan juga pada bulan agustus lalu. Itu buruk, tetapi mungkin tidak seburuk pada gelombang pertama atau kedua lalu. Kami sekeluarga cukup isolasi mandiri saja. Cukup telat memang, 2 tahun setelahnya.
Banyak yang telah terjadi 2 tahun terakhir. Aku akhirnya mendapatkan closure dari beberapa kawan. Aku mendapatkan pekerjaan yang aku dulu bicarakan di tingkat akhir kuliah. Memang untuk mencapai ini aku harus melalui beberapa krisis identitas, haha. Hei! bukannya tahun lalu aku belajar finance? ya betul sekali. Namun memang Tuhan paling bisa untuk membalikkan hati. Terlalu banyak yang barubah terlalu banyak yang juga tinggal. Dinamika seperempat abad. Apakah orang-orang juga mengalami hal yang sama?
Bulan Juni lalu aku bertemu kembali dengan orang yang dulu aku kenal cukup dekat. Cukup senang karena dia menyisihkan waktunya yang sekarang sepertinya lebih sibuk. Basa-basi hidup, kerjaan, bahkan cuaca. Namun memang, semua terasa berubah, dan aku mengerti kenapa. Namun aku berusaha menurunkan gengsiku untuk meminta maaf dan menjelaskan semua yang terjadi di malam itu. Kebebasan yang ternyata hanya merindu, andaikan aku sadar apa yang aku punya masa itu. Haha.
Insomnia ku beberapa minggu terakhir cukup parah. Tertidur jam 11 kemudian terbangun dan terjaga dari pukul 3. Semua skenario yang ada 2 tahun terakhir atau bahkan sampai sebelumnya tertayang di belakang kepala. Seperti memori kamu tertawa di kursi penumpang, makanan cepat saji dan percakapan tak tertulis di parkiran. Bersyukur ada 5 mg melatonin yang sudah aku beli bulan lalu.
Mungkin ini hanya pikiran penuh harapan atau mimpi tanpa pikiran. Jika masih ada kemungkinan atau kesempatan mungkin akan aku ambil kembali. Apakah aku masih dalam penyangkalan? Apakah kita bisa mengubah pikiran kita yang dulu? Apakah aku bisa merelakan harapan untuk masa lalu yang berbeda?
Dua tahun lalu, ketika aku menerima puzzle ini, aku tidak langsung membukanya. Karena aku tahu pikiranku akan terdistraksi, tertantang untuk langsung menyelesaikannya. Namun aku butuh distraksi akhir-akhir ini. Ini mungkin kali pertama dan terakhir aku membuka dan menyelesaikannya. Dua tahun memang terkesan lama, namun pengalaman ku dengan CoVid akhirnya sampai juga.
Jika ini butuh waktu dan bukan merupakan garis yang lurus, ketahuilah kita ada dalam terminal yang sama. Jika kita akan kesana, aku tidak tahu dimana, mungkin aku akan menyusul. Namun, hati-hati lah di jalan. Mungkin kita akan cukup beruntuk untuk bisa bertemu atau berpapasan di depan. Sampai jumpa kembali.
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Truth be told, I'm curious to the bone
With words you said, stories unspoken
It's alright, and It's nice not to be so alone
Little laugh between each conversation
Are we counting days or saving hopes
We're running too fast, tangled in ropes
Brand new car with a coffee scent
A little scar that would never mend
Red light dimming in the darkest night
I stood there under the stop sign mark
Will you hang out here for a while?
Two-line talk for a mile?
I'm holding on to your secrets
In our conclusion, foregone
Will every our first mistakes
Get us right later on?
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Kertasnya Harvest
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Perjalanan mu datang mengantarmu pergi
Biarkan rasa yang kau pendam itu kemari
Siapkah kamu untuk tiba
Mengambil langkah selanjutnya
Yang tak pernah kembali?
Apakah kau mencintainya
Atau hanya menutupinya
Akankah ia bersimpuh luruh
Ketika kau mengecup keningnya
Apa yang kau rasa sebenarnya?
Hujan datang membawa awan pergi
Berdialektika dengan Tuhan hingga pagi
Siapkah kamu untuk tiba
Mengambil langkah selanjutnya
Yang tak akan kembali?
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