Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara
That is one question
you may never have the guts
to say out loud
here, right to my face.
You can’t fool me with your expressions.
Nobody wins.
Everybody loses.
Stories told,
bought and sold.
Facts versus fiction.
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
They say falling in love is like this:
You think of them and cannot breathe
A day without them, what you’d rather miss
Love and longing, what you continue to bleed
They say heartache means to suffocate
a pause
a question for a cause
a bouquet of flowers
a colour represents
a message that says:
“let’s just be friends”
A night when we cross paths
a blast from the past
the way you look at me
full of familiarity
I know you’re still curious
They think her life is always easy
far away from poverty
Spend away and be free
Oh, they have no idea
It’s a hard worker’s earned paradise
You’ll probably see me
an offbeat character at this party
a plain, simple girl-next-door
wondering what she could possibly offer
What? Who??
Fiction sells better these days
It keeps you guessing anyway
It depends on how well we craft
and if you happen to be pretty daft
For us, it's entertainment
The secondhand poem
you once wrote for me
now used to woo another lady
Boy, you’re so lazy!
If she knew the backstory,
she’d be displeased
“Oh, I am so ordinary.”
Is that what you see, right there in the mirror?
Can’t you be something more?
You think you know you.
That’s not what you do.
She's been dismissed
belittled
considered a freak and overly sensitive
'though she believes
something's got to give
