Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara
Is it difficult for you
to criticise the person
despite their outer appearance
or even origin?
Yeah, speaking from experiences
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
I won’t promise you
that it won’t rain all the time
but we know it’s true
‘though it takes a while.
It feels like forever
Make sure you have something
worth watching for
because you demand
your audience’s attention,
taking up their time
absorbing their energy
I think my heart’s been beyond broken
by Israeli Zionists’ atrocities.
I want freedom in Palestine,
so there’ll be no more misery.
No highlights for 2023.
Someday,
when I’m back on my feet again
I’ll remember all you said
and how much you’d been a pain
I’ll remember what you put me through
Hello, stranger
I love your smile
like you do my poetry
but why look so troubled?
I was just expressing my vile
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?
I've been transported back in time
something familiar
yet also bizarre
the same old Twilight Zone
with the same old Culture of Silence
There’s still that hailstorm in my heart
The ice is solid
a perfect, although temporary patch
to fill the holes in its walls
I’m feeling cold
A familiar sign
You thought you’d seen the sun
under the gloomy night sky
that you’d break a smile
Yes, he was beautiful,
Backstabbers are such cowards
They spread lies
but they can’t harm this already broken heart
and I’ve got no more tears left to cry
Say it to my face