PinnedBumantaraKamu pria favorit kedua setelah ayahku, pahlawan di udara, pahlawan untuk dirimu juga. Kamu bukan sosok yang mengokang senjata guna mengusir musuh, juga bukan pejabat hebat yang dapat andalkan martabat, tetapi antara kamu dan langit biru; mampu hadirkan tarikan senyum manis untuk semua orang yang kamu bawa pergi atau pulang. …3 min read3 min read
Nov 24, 2022November feverNovember was difficult. I couldn’t sleep in my own bed for a month, confined to a mattress on the floor of my mom’s bedroom. I felt like the November I had dreaded for so long was coming to fruition, in the worst way possible. …2 min read2 min read
Jul 21, 2022Life collapsesMy life is a series of moments that I cannot remember, a series of breaths that I assume I have taken, a series of broken hearts. Perhaps more accurately, it is a heart. Broken once, it is condemned to break until it meets its end. I am brought back to…2 min read2 min read
Jul 19, 2022Shades of ambiguous blueHave you ever stood in the ocean on a cold, cold day, pants rolled up, wind carving out the hollows of your cheeks? And have you ever stood in the ocean on cold, cold day, looking as far out into the distance as you can, nothing and no one to…3 min read3 min read
Jul 5, 2022Buy myself some flowersIn late June, I bought a bouquet of dried lavender at Rumah Dyandra’s, before the blossoms on the tree in my front yard started to bloom. The beauty of those things is that they never die. They just sit and wait until you appreciate them. When I realized that all…1 min read1 min read
Jun 4, 2022Stretching for 384.400 kilometresIt’s the end of December as we know it. I am sitting here on the floor and the afternoon is bidding me goodbye. I have always loved afternoons, simply because of the luxury of solitude they provide me with. As a child I’d have spent that time reading. …2 min read2 min read
Apr 13, 2022Menghitung mundurJangkrik bisa terdengar berkicau sepanjang malam jauh di dalam hutan tempat Jun bersembunyi. Bulan purnama menerangi sebagian besar area kecuali pohon-pohon dan cabang-cabang yang dia duduki. Kegelapan tidak menimbulkan masalah bagi mata indahnya saat dia menatap tangan yang bergerak di arloji saku yang dia pinjam dari salah satu yang lain. …3 min read3 min read
Feb 24, 2022Star ClusterUnder the immensity of the universe, like two souls that met to last all eternity. Tears falling down my face and your hand catching each one of them turning them into diamonds that adorn our hair. We have met in all possible lives; each one with a different story but…2 min read2 min read
Jan 27, 2022I find youI wrote this last night, I. Summer I find you in crevices. I wake up folding the sun into my pocket. It shines in protest and as I step out in the gasping morning sky, I let it out with a laugh. Summer is playing with the sun and the…4 min read4 min read
Jan 18, 2022To the person who read thisShazfa Alaia, I know it’s been difficult for you, and it makes me sad that you don’t see yourself the way I do. Things happen in life that lead us to lose ourselves, and the way you’ve lost yourself is unbearably awful. I miss your grin and the way your…4 min read4 min read
