Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara
Call me by my name
Know who I am
It’s my identity
if you wish to speak to me
It’s a simple request
There's no amnesty granted
unless well-paid
Reach deeply into your pockets
until perhaps,
their eyeballs jump out of their sockets
How do we get to be this estranged?
We’re all the same
treating each other differently
instead of trying to understand
without too much judgment
Enjoy these moments
of zero torments
no demands
except work to be done
Pseudo-romance
It’s the environment
I’d rather not be in
full of such impossible demands
and scolding remarks
for my lack of perfection
I must do what’s right
kicking you out
out of my sight
You were never mine
I was stupid and blind
but now I’m fine
You’ll never know
but he misses the old days
when you seemed to love him so,
in your arms, he’d felt safe and protected.
You only see
Another episode
an inner push to an automatic mode
a buzzing chainsaw in my ears
My vision wasn’t crystal-clear
It was the same old alien
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
A familiar sign
You thought you’d seen the sun
under the gloomy night sky
that you’d break a smile
Yes, he was beautiful,
I’m enjoying my silence as you fall
I could do the dance and amuse them all
No, I’m staying still
waiting for the news
before going in for the kill
(Dark Thoughts of The Bullied)
It's more than a vacant space
or lack of expression on one's face
It doesn't contain nothing,
