Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara
I had to leave you
behind me, before 2023
My messages have gone unreplied
You were probably busy
and I chose to be kind
by not accusing you of pure ignorance
Break his spells
You might as well
Never say his name
End his game
We know what he is
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
There’s the child and the adult
a heated argument involved
You think the child’s always being told
but not all adults are the grown-ups
It’s funny when you see
Don’ get me wrong
I let you do as you blab on
exposing more of you
You don’t know me,
but that’s okay
I know I haven’t
been that kind
not with tons on my mind
I’m still back on my feet
feeble but keeping up
with these erratic beats
No signs of warning.
Everything was fine.
A face smiling,
sincere and kind.
A picture-perfect romance,
Being the first in line
doesn’t mean it’s always fine
You’re not always the priority
left to just wait and see
I’m not bitter
Go back to the ancient age
if you still see us such potential threats
It’s not that we don’t need people
to sometimes save us from trouble
We’re good as can be
Bright lights, late at night
from the city streets so quiet
He woke up in a daze
with blood on his face
his memories erased.
I know you think you can
stop me where I stand
send me back home
lock me up all alone
in your socially-constructed prison
I am way past that envy
or that so-called jealousy.
Just a silent observer
to the oblivious or ignorant
to the fact that we’re all different
and the universe always has a way
