For Others To See

For others to see
how good is me
Doesn't guarantee
how I will be.

But for others to see
what I cannot see
It truly touches me
it motivates me.

For others to see
what they see in me
Makes me guarantee
that's how I have to be.

Zorba's, Washington DC-US, October 24,2005

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Perpetual Happiness

It must not be true
that we are seeking
perpetual happiness.

For happiness filled
the space between sadness
and it is to sadness
we owe our next engagement
with happiness.

You see, sadness is the frame
and happiness- its painting.

(Jember, East Java-Indonesia/November 12th,2007)

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These Trees Older Than Me

These trees older than me
which seen a lot like me
They whisper our sigh
but a sigh is a sigh-

The stars up in the sky
taking prayers whispered to sky
But prayers belong to heaven
it's the business of One in heaven-

and who am I
to try?
nor to cry?

Hearst, Washington DC-US
October 18,2005

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Frozen Memory

What is this rush
I feel in me
Do I get a blush
there in memory?

Have I been lying to me
or is it just a condemned fling
of a condensed memory
from a long time parting?

And still, you make me
rhyme in my rush
picking up my ink
for the sake of frozen memory.

(Batu, East Java-Indonesia/August 12th,2007)

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She Never Wears High-heels

She never wears high-heels
She doesn't put on lipsticks
She has no care for her look
But she stands her ground.
Her hair is blowing
Dancing wet in the rain
She's not beautiful
But she won't back down.
Her eyes are sharp
Her dream is not high
Her words might not be savy
But she keeps them all her might.

Vienna, Washington DC-US
October 9,2005

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