Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara
Why are you still fighting?
I thought my visit would keep you calm.
I thought you’d be hanging around,
with me for this whole month,
from dawn to dusk, dusk to dawn
saying prayers to Him.
Welcome to the country
of mixed messages
As all you can see,
we've been this way for ages
Nothing's really free
Put your tongues in cages
No more magic?
Why vacant as it is?
Who took all of it?
Nothing to pick.
Dementors have resided,
You can never stop time
but there’s an illusion of a pause
Turn off the phone
Close all the windows
Lock all your doors
Lie down
Information jumbled-up
requiring double, triple-checks
even as all floods
right into your brain and heart
The clock is ticking
I’ve learned a lot
just from your betrayal.
No wonder trust is expensive.
No point in calling me paranoid.
I’ve added more bricks to my wall,
“Patience is a virtue.”
Yeah, right.
At least according to you.
“There’s no point in this fight.”
Nothing wrong with patience.
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
It’s that rare ability
to push aside your emotions
Lock them all within
so you’re left to feel nothing
Voices of the worried
The world is growing older
I still keep coming back for more
every year, as a reminder
hopefully, to turn you better
How have you been?
You may complain
about the rain
It’s hard to go home
without getting drenched
Nights are long
The city traffic’s a bitch
This is why Time Machine is only fiction
You can only look back
to search for what you’ve lacked:
Words you should’ve said…
