terrible

dreams of a writer

don’t you wish you could have them

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

write page after page

about your blank

ly staring

at

your

 

page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

empty like your soul

 

bare

 

like

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

your whole universe

is concentrated

onto this

bit of

 

 

space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

endless

like skies entirely covered with clouds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and you can only wonder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

about the neverending

Log #13

i was out with a bunch of my chums. nobody’s faces resemble any of mine in waking life. we were in some sort of a vehicle, going round a vast complex, like a campus. everyone was talking, involved in a warm conversation. about random topics. we laughed quite a lot. and then i heard his voice. a band was on and he was the singer. it sounded like a music festival.

rapi

ada yang

rapi terbungkus

di dalam kardus

bertuliskan namaku

 

berdiri seperti tugu miniatur

berpendar oleh rahasia

yang sayangnya

sudah kuketahui

 

tetapi aku tetap ingin

membukanya seolah ini hari natal

dan ia hadiah di bawah pohon

dari seseorang yang baru kukenal

 

sehingga ketika selotipnya kutarik,

selapis demi selapis,

 

ada perasaan,

 

yang sering disalahartikan

sebagai kesenangan,

 

bukan malah

mengulang mundur gerakan yang kulakukan

beberapa minggu dan beberapa ribu mil yang lalu