"AN EMPTY ROOM"

No more magic?

Why vacant as it is?

Who took all of it?

Nothing to pick.

Dementors have resided,

filling my bedroom

with nothing but exhaustion.

I find myself frustrated,

bawling and clawing

for lost inspiration.

It’s not true,

is it?

The muse is just temporarily hiding.

This void is my imagination.

Please,

somebody help me

to banish these

God-forsaken Dementors

The Monsters of My Isolated Castle

I can’t let them suck all

ideas that stand me tall

now leaving me so small.

Perhaps I long for another break,

but even that,

it needs to be properly-funded.

Right now,

I’ve no luxury

to enjoy freedom and leisure.

Just please,

don’t let that room be empty.

I need it to stay...

...me.

R.

Jakarta, September 2019