Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara
Through my eyes I can see
you, overcome by agony
There's your wall of misery
such a painful sight as can be
but the other side of you
Hello, stranger
I love your smile
like you do my poetry
but why look so troubled?
I was just expressing my vile
We’re not in school anymore
but grown-ups for sure
although some are adults
only by the digits of their age
but with such questionable attitude
The word is out
Now they know what you’re all about
No more doubts
It’s just you and your big mouth
You’re freaking out
Are you coming home tonight?
I’m waiting for you
I’d rather stay up
because your phone cannot be reached through
Where are you now?
I know you didn’t mean to see me through
It’s something you can’t help
and what you wish you never had
“Have patience.”
That was what you said that night
Enjoy these moments
of zero torments
no demands
except work to be done
Pseudo-romance
a pause
a question for a cause
a bouquet of flowers
a colour represents
a message that says:
“let’s just be friends”
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 keep forcing that old, rotten joke
about how we keep quiet
yet demand that we be understood
Ha...ha...ha...!
What a dork
I am sick to death of you
turning her all black and blue
taking over her already tortured soul
making her feel less than whole
I’ve had it with you
All apologies
Set me free
from the same, old miseries
no point in getting angry
but tortured in ‘so-called’ stoicity
