Thursday, August 28, 2008
johan nathanael
katakata tampaknya tidak mampu lagi menjelaskan apa yang saya dengar sore tadi. semua tergambar jelas dengan serta merta di depan saya. seperti peta yang digelar lebarlebar, tulisannya begitu mencolok mata dan membuat saya langsung paham dan mengerti dalam satu anggukan saja.
pengertian yang membuat saya menjadi semakin menyayanginya. ia dan juga ibunya, adalah kisah gadis penjual korek api versi dunia nyata. ia, memang tidak berjualan korek api dalam dingin, tapi ia punya banyak korek api yang dipakainya untuk menghidupkan ayah, opa, oma, keluarga yang tidak ia miliki. ia, saat ini tidak mati kedinginan, tapi saat ini tengah bermain dengan riangnya mungkin sambil bertanya kenapa perut mamaku membesar? adikkukah di dalam sana? lalu mana ayah kami? kenapa hanya mama sendiri? kenapa kami hanya tinggal di sebuah rumah yang memiliki empat kamar, bersama perempuanperempuan lain seperti mama? lalu kenapa mama tetap berada di atas panggung dengan perut besar dan membiarkan semua mata memandang tubuh mama dengan liar? saya lalu membayangkan jawaban ibu johan: johan sayang, kamu perlu makan. adik dalam perut mama perlu makan. mama juga. jadi diamlah nak. bermainlah. sekolahlah yang pintar, jadilah orang, supaya kelak kamu tidak perlu hidup lagi seperti ini.
ah, pikiran saya berlari terlalu jauh memang. seperti biasa.
satusatu aku sayang ibu, duadua juga sayang ayah, tigatiga sayang adik kakak.
satu dua tiga, sayang semuanya...
bu ita (nama saya berubah kalau dia panggil saya), aku hanya punya mama dan molly, lalu bagaimana?
mendadak semua jadi terasa ironik. lidah saya kelu seketika...
Monday, August 11, 2008
sleeps with butterflies
: i didn't say goodbye. i didn't say anything. i just walked away...
(elizabeth, my blueberry nights)
Airplanes
Take you away again
Are you flying
Above where we live
Then I look up a glare in my eyes
Are you having regrets about last night
I'm not but I like rivers that rush in
So then I dove in
Is there trouble ahead
For you the acrobat
I won't push you unless you have a net
You say the word
You know I will find you
Or if you need some time
I don't mind
I don't hold on
To the tail of your kite
I'm not like the girls that you've known
But I believe I'm worth coming home to
Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies
With butterflies
So go on and fly then boy
Balloons
Look good from on the ground
I fear with pins and needles around
We may fall then stumble
Upon a carousel
It could take us anywhere
I'm not like the girls that you've known
But I believe I'm worth coming home to
Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies
With butterflies
With butterflies
So go on and fly boy
(tori amos, sleeps with butterflies)
PS: kamu tahu, saya tidak pernah menyesal untuk apa yang telah terjadi selama ini. tidak pernah. saya tidak pernah menarik katakata saya yang sudah saya ucapkan kepadamu dulu. masih tetap sama. kamu tahu, saya berlalu tapi semuanya tetap. tetap..
Friday, August 8, 2008
in memoriam
Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.
Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.
Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,
because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?
(Pablo Neruda - Don't Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day)
Monday, August 4, 2008
racun dunia
memang, racun dunia!
Strawberry Fields Forever
Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever
Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out
It doesn't matter much to me
Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever
No one I think is in my tree
I mean it must be high or low
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right
That is I think it's not too bad
Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever
Always, no sometimes, think it's me
But you know I know when it's a dream
I think I know I mean a "Yes" but it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree
Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever
[Cranberry sauce...]
(strawberry fields forever, the beatles)