I wasn’t good, I was bad often

Let me drown in the water once, then floats longer

I was dumb and worse once yet I am smarter a little more

Let me fall couple of times, then rise up more and more

I wasn’t good, I was bad often

I can do things sometimes, I skipped things more

I am brave, but scared somehow

What does turn me down, turn me up often

After all, the only option to continue living

Is to moving forward

I can't get stuck cause it wont bring me anywhere

I will have to take a step, always

Little by little to finally reach the designated place Quran has promised

Around May, 2020

LANGIT BIRU, PAGI HARI, DAN HARI ITU

Sebuah kombinasi pas yang baru aku temui

Senikmat kopi hangat terenak yang pernah ku pesan

Siapa yang sangka, ku akan memulai hari itu

Tubuhku saat itu bernafas lebih lapang

Mungkin dari udara pagi yang kuhirup lebih segar

Bisa juga dari langit biru itu

Cerahnya mewakili seisi langit yang menyapa

Merasa aneh, dari rangkaian hari ini

Tubuhku belum terlalu pandai membaca semesta

Terik matahari pagi yang memaksa

Untukku pergi melindungi jiwa

Tangerang Selatan, Maret 2020

-LL-

Surreptitious Prayer

Today my heart was flattered

my aunt called my uncle for me

he said like, I pray for you always, only you, all the best for you

in the middle of my working hour

it really touched my heart 

permeate thru my deepest soul

but I had to control myself

I gulped so hard 

holding back tears

right at the Ashar prayer

I finally burst into tears

hoping that Allah will repay the good deeds my uncle does to me

so does the other people out there

who pray for me

whether it's my friends, relatives, or the one who has prayed for me once

that's the sweetest human thing

He's pretty much the one who knew me well after my dad

knew all my story and such

It wasn't easy for me

but I know, out there, people are struggling way harder than me

I was just given a little.