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
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
brick by brick
layers of cement so thick
a real concrete
typically grey, so bland
to ward off the creeps
No, my smile isn’t for you.
You only deserve a smirk,
knowing it’s me you always irk.
You’re that ignorant, aren’t you?
You think I’m being mean
It’s true, I guess
Ignorance is bliss
Your life is perfect
How come they don’t get that?
Why is it always bad?
Run, run away
You, with no shame
Never return, not a day
I’ll remember your name
with sickness in me
No signs of warning.
Everything was fine.
A face smiling,
sincere and kind.
A picture-perfect romance,
Ask me not
about the bastard
who’d made this heart
nothing but a toy
my emotions, his sickest joy
You demand
to be the centre of your lover’s attention
as if she’s not allowed a life of her own
It’s the double standard
of the one feeling more entitled
They say patience is a virtue
and fairy tales aren’t true.
There’s no such thing as ‘love at a first sight.
Such a childish mentality isn’t right.
I know we’ve just met
You may associate white
with beauty or purity
All I see is what looks empty
like a page or a canvass
for a writer or a painter
I miss talking to you
It’s plain simple and true
I understand, we’re both busy
Perhaps this is not the time, I see
No, I’m not going to fret
