++ A Child of Dreams +++

Amazing what an hour of procrastination can result in. Written when trying to be inspired to finish my Engineering report on wastewater recyclying system :s.


***

She was a child of a thousand dreams;
She longed to be that girl of such grace,
Who’d take the wind’s hands and freely dance.
She longed to be that affectionate lover,
Who’d caress the music with her fingertips.
She longed to be that sculptor in disguise,
Who’d live another’s life behind her crafted masks.
She longed to be that silent storyteller,
Who’d tell the world her minds through lines and colour.
But alas! To her, life was not so kind.
As the words of man have defeated her.
And the child of dreams has now died,
Trapped and buried in the sand of time...
And to me, standing before the present,
She has become a tale long forgotten.

***

Sydney (UTS Lab 6:49), 28th October 1:55pm

++ Hear ++

An old poem that I found sitting in my computer hard-drive. It was unfinished, so I decided to add to it a ‘lil bit. So here goes…

***

You say,
Bow with humility and challenge not,
Those who master the knowledge of life.
Then tell me, am I an arrogant fool?
These questions within, I cannot silence...

You say,
Follow with utmost faith and traverse not,
Save the way of those who have departed,
Would you then think I’m a lost sheep?
For I chose my own path and walk in solitude.

You say,
You are but shame and a temptation of life,
Who stain a man’s heart with lustful desires.
Ah, whose soul is it that I have wronged?
For I’ve only desired the sun upon my skin.

You say,
Submit and raise not voice over him, your leader,
Whom He has created a degree over you.
I wonder, my friend, if I am then a rebel?
That equality I will forever strive for.

You say, you say, and you say,
‘Til eternity will have gone by
Never will you choose to hear,
What my heart always longs to say.

***

Sydney (Ashburner Street), 16th October 2010, 10:29pm

++ 大丈夫! ++

My first poem in Japanese, written about 4 weeks ago. Then I decided to write the English and Indonesian version :).

++ 日本語 ++


過ぎ去った時間 の ように,

つまずいて 傷ついて...

過ぎ去った時間 の ように,

私の希望 は 現実には ならなかった...

過ぎ去った時間 の ように,

全部 は 海の泡の ように 消えて いった...

過ぎ去った時間 の ように,

私は立ち上がり, 又 歩いて いく.

大丈夫!


++ English ++

Just like the times that have gone by,
I stumbled, and I was hurt...
Just like the times that have gone by,
My hope did not translate into reality...
Just like the times that have gone by,
Everything disappeared like the bubbles in the sea...
Just like the times that have gone by,
I will stand up, and walk again.
I will be alright!

++ Indonesian ++

Seperti waktu yang t'lah berlalu,
Aku jatuh, dan aku terluka...
Seperti waktu yang t'lah berlalu,
Harapanku 'tak menjadi kenyataan...
Seperti waktu yang t'lah berlalu,
Segalanya menghilang bagai buih-buih lautan...
Sepertu wantu yang t'lah berlalu,
Aku akan bangkit, dan berjalan kembali.
Aku akan baik-baik saja!

***

Sydney (Lamitte Cafe), 22nd September 2010 4.57pm
Sydney (Ashburner Street), 16th October 9:51pm (English and Indonesian version)

++ Running ++

With one word, they awakened,
The devil, who dwelt within,
Thus, I ran against the wind,
As if I was chasing the time,
Hard I tried, to silence her voice,
And to escape her, her clinging claws,
And I ran, I ran, I ran,
Because I wanted to live,
Like you, like her, like him, like them,
Just like how we were meant to live.
I wanted to live,
I wanted to love,
So please,
Let me be...

Sydney, Ashburner Street, 15th October 5:54pm

++ Teruntuk Seorang Sahabat ++

Hai Sahabat Tercinta,
Cerahkah langitmu di seberang sana?
Terakhir kali kita bertukar kata,
Hati ini didera gundah nan gulana,
‘Kau dengar, dalam ketiadaan suara,
Ringankan beban yang sesakkan dada,
Dan ‘kau buat aku kembali percaya kepada kata ‘percaya’,
Sehingga ‘tak lagi aku putus asa,
Perlahan hidup mulai kutata,
Dan kuterima ketidaksempurnaan yang ada.

Tahukah, Sahabat Tercinta?
Aku baik-baik saja,
Aku bahagia,
Dan di sini aku berdo’a,
Agar ‘kau pun bahagia apa adanya,
Sekarang, dan selamanya.

Sydney (Ashburner Street), 10th October 2010, 1:01am