Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara
Sssh...
Hear the silence.
Listen.
You may not have before
Too busy talking
delivering demands
Enjoy these moments
of zero torments
no demands
except work to be done
Pseudo-romance
This is why Time Machine is only fiction
You can only look back
to search for what you’ve lacked:
Words you should’ve said…
Say what you like,
do what you will
Let your words be the strike,
if you're in for the kill
Say what you mean,
I found your old letter
while removing some clutters
I read it again
and felt a slight jab of pain
You said you were sorry
I believe there’s a reason
your shattered heart’s been revealed
even when you refuse to mention
or worry you may never heal
I know I’m just a stranger
Never judge anyome
‘though I couldn’t help
when you decided to ridicule me
for being surrounded by boys
I chose to call friends
I won’t promise you
that it won’t rain all the time
but we know it’s true
‘though it takes a while.
It feels like forever
I met a monster
who said all the right words
sweet and convincing
making me believe
we had something
brick by brick
layers of cement so thick
a real concrete
typically grey, so bland
to ward off the creeps
Must we wait
until something explodes?
We’re still the living bodies
in the same room of silence
Avoid the gaps and the holes
The generation gap:
“They’re just little kids,
so young and still stupid.
