Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara
Oh, how we long for you to be
returning home, still healthy
after having sailed away
leaving us waiting by the bay.
The vast ocean hasn’t shown
Sssh...
Hear the silence.
Listen.
You may not have before
Too busy talking
delivering demands
Once in a while,
It’s only a few steps away
just to get to you
yet it also feels like miles
perhaps even days
that I have to go through
You can stop playing victim,
by acting as if I’m the mean one.
I’ve got valid reasons to be angry
and stay that way
as long as you still disrespect me.
Are we in the era of escalating vanity?
So many strike a pose
It’s where anything goes
Once or twice ain’t enough
There’s always that extra dose
The power abuse:
“People should be in order.”
Oh, yeah – have you been their best example(s)?
It’s your stupid, double standard
that makes it really, really hard
Ask me not
about the bastard
who’d made this heart
nothing but a toy
my emotions, his sickest joy
Sometimes your blood runs cold
at the sight before you
You may be bold
spitting out what’s true
Pent-up anger inside
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…
This ain’t no desperation
I’m just contemplating
weighing my options
seriously considering
Yes, we don’t get to choose
a pause
a question for a cause
a bouquet of flowers
a colour represents
a message that says:
“let’s just be friends”
What is it with people like you?
You treat everything a competition,
all in the name of public acknowledgment.
You flaunt your fortunes,
clearly fishing for compliments.
