Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts

Sunday, January 5, 2014

#2


7000 feet up in the air and what I wanted to do mostly is just reach out to you, I don't know what you've done to me but it seems like everywhere I go all I see is you. Your touch, your smell, your face, it lingers within me. I can't runaway from you, I can't shut myself away from you. Because there's a little me inside of you, and a part of you deep inside of me.


We've broken through each other's barrier, and well you have reached my most vulnerable spot.

In your eyes I feel nude
like a baby only a few seconds old

clean;
free from sin
from the filthiness of this world
from the emptiness of this horrid life

I've dumped all my most darkest secrets and memories in your face and still, you're there for me.

all of the things I've told you are things I couldn't even bare to admit to myself, yet you're still there for me.

you didnt judge me or ran off
you stayed with me

like through those hard cold nights when we would stay up till the AM and just talk the hours away

I never thought I would find someone like you in all these years

and here you are





only 7000 feet bellow me and a simple touch away

#1

I never knew missing someone would consume me this much, I guess when you found the right person to waste your time thinking about then everything just follows


I have always restrained myself in love and even set up boundaries for myself. Of course there are times when I desperately wanted to fall in love but waiting for that perfect someone does make you a lil bit more patient.

and when you finally found that perfect someone, everything just falls into place.


"finally," you say to yourself.

but then what do you do when time is the only thing left on your list thats still not quite right?


timing is everything.


time is human's greatest enemy,
it builds restrictions for us.
yet, we humans are the ones who invented time.


I don't care whether it'll take more than a little time for me to be with you. All I know for sure is, I want you.

only you



and if that means I have to wait then I will


I would do anything for you, I wish you knew that. And I wanna be that light in your life, I want to help you see what this beautiful world has to offer you.




I want to be yours

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

okasama;

If there’s one thing I loathe more than myself is the fact love exist.
How is this feeling even here in my life for I have never even felt warmth around my very own mother?
I can no longer tell when she’s proud of me or even when she loves me for who I am.
She always speculates all these bizarre things about me, and because of that I couldn’t even learn to love myself.
How hard it is to even look at yourself in the mirror and not believe in who you are because your very own mother yanked out your beating heart.
She’s perfect but is perfection really what’s essential?
You know the saying; the quest for money is a hollow journey.
But then again, maybe love is important after all.
How can you begin to love another being, if you don’t even love yourself?



16 December 2013

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Heartwarming Words From A Dear Friend Of Mine

Hi Bel!
Jadi sebenernya gue sadar lo ultah dari midnight tapi I thought it would be too mainstream dan lo kan indie and I suppose you don’t like mainstream things HAHA.

Ini bakal agak jijik dan I don’t know why I’m doing this but to be honest, I just feel the urge to write this as a small token of gratitude for our friendship.

So, okay here we go.
You and your love for literature are two things that may never be separated. I have said this several times and I’m sure you're probably sick to the stomach upon hearing this yet again. You do really have a way with words. The way you eloquently form your sentences out of phrases, the way you spill your vivid imagination into writings, the way you make me jealous every time you ask me to comment on your articulately written blog post.

A lot of people can have perfect grammar and wide range of vocabulary. Those are just the tools, yet without the creativity that you have, those skills will simply be abstract thoughts lingering to be formed into constellations. You are an aspiring writer, and I know that maybe later in life when I’m checking out the best seller section in a book store one of your books will be there!

You are two personalities crammed into one soul. Sometimes you can be a melancholic person but at times you can be humorous and entertaining to talk to. A little melancholy is good as it can act as a little paint to your writer’s canvas or seasoning to your homemade meal of letters but remember, be careful because too much will turn you into a vulnerable grenade waiting to burst into a million pieces. You balance your dark side with the hilarious and embarrassing everyday actions and sometimes failed attempts at telling jokes.

You are a great dancer, a sympathetic listener, an emotionally mature person (despite the occasional tumbles in life which is perfectly normal) and someone I can lean on through the good and bad times.

And on this very day,
You, the aspiring writer, the melancholic soul, the self proclaimed class clown, the great dancer, the sympathetic listener, the emotionally mature person, my shoulder to lean on is……TURNING 16!!


So… HAPPY SWEET 16 BELLA!!! May 16 bring you the best life has to offer and become a year when you start to make your dreams come true. May you be blessed with joy and hope. May you always have the strength to face whatever challenges life throws at you!
ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE!


-Farisa Machmud

Saturday, May 18, 2013

The You?niverse


Here I lay helplessly as I try to count the stars sparkling with such grace on a melodramatic sky. Have you ever wondered who sprinkled them there? Or do they just come out of nowhere?



And as for tonight there's this one star that just couldn't stop grabbing my attention. It's bright and it looks like as if it's not too far from here. But truthfully it's a few light-years away from the tip of my forehead. And I feel like I could reach that star and tug it under my pillow, give it warmth that lacks in the outer space.

Then again its years from where I stand.





Funny how empty space could make us think that things that supposedly lay thousands of miles from us is just standing bare on top of our heads.
Maybe it's the way we view things, that humans tend to simplify and choose to ignore the complicated facts behind just about everything.
                                                         
But, then again I could be wrong.




I've always wondered what it feels like to live billions of light-years away from something or, someone; how such a tremendous space exists.
It is though, the real distance of where we live to planets out there that we haven’t discovered yet. Imagine knowing someone who lives that far.

But then again, we don't seem to know a lot about people in neighboring countries or even our very own neighbor who lives right across the street.





Well, how about you? How many years do you stand from this very moment? How many more years will it take to finally meet the love of my life?             
I know this seems silly and I'm shouting into the darkness here. 
But I really do want to know, 
I really do. 

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Recent Thoughts

"I'm not sad, I’m happy. I feel like I’m happy because I’m at peace with the way that things are... I did have a darker filter on sometimes, but that slowly lifted through doing a lot of different things. And finding true love is something that really did inspire me, lyrically. Because I felt so much the same for so much of my life and then when you find someone exciting, you don’t know that you could actually feel differently than you did before. I was inspired"
-Lana Del Rey
You inspired me Lizzy

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Like Tasting Defeat for Dessert


Like Tasting Defeat for Dessert

by Nabilla Utami


So you say life’s a drag but you've only been living a few seconds outside of your mother’s warmth. You haven’t taste the slightest bitterness of “life” I presume? And yet here you are complaining as if you were going to explode in mere seconds and your head would be a fine piece of art, hanging on top of my bookshelf. And your tangerine skin turned pale red, as if there was such a color as pale red. Your screeching voice, echoed through the hollow halls of this deserted asylum and your cries, desperately trying to fight its way out.

I know this is not the dream but it’s not too bad once you get used to it. The painful needle would only sting once and that… won’t probably be enough. Once you’re here, you would kill for freedom. And I might as well tell you, freedom feels like a heavy bag of all your sins.

It is now time for them to hold you down with that big belt that’s probably never been washed since the last time a person has spilled his darkest secret, and his internal organs. You keep on shouting, and helplessly throwing kicks into mid-air, thinking it will free you somehow. But it just won’t work. Shouts of mercy comes flying from your mouth as they try to shove “the system” down your throat.

Its noon and the pain is now unspeakable. Tears crawl slowly from those emerald eyes of yours, as if they’re trying not to wake you up. But you’re not going to wake up.
You’re not.

You lay there, tired.
Tired of carrying all these things you've been keeping to yourself.
All these things you could never share to anyone else, because they just wouldn't understand.

You carefully peek through your now-soggy eyes, trying hard not to make a sound.

Your hands shiver while you grab the mug that’s been sitting a while beside your bed.




You take a sip, and finally tasted defeat.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Hilang


Hilang
Sebuah cerpen oleh Nabilla Utami

Gelap.
Semua terasa gelap.
Tidak telihat warna atau bahkan setitik cahaya pun.
Suara hembusan nafas pun tak ku dengar.
Hanya ada suara seperti pisau sedang beradu dengan garpu di atas piring.
Di pusat ruang dingin ini aku berbaring.


Aku tidak ingat bagaimana aku bisa berada di sini. Apa yang kulakukan, atau apa yang telah terjadi padaku. Mungkin, namaku saja telah kulupakan. Hanya ada beberapa potongan suatu kejadian yang sekarang mengambang di kepalaku. Berusaha mengingat kembali itu semua, luar biasa susahnya. Belum lagi sakit kepala yang sungguh tiada tara. Bagai berusaha bernostalgia di kala kau amnesia.

Namun aku merasa bahwa aku telah mengalami ini sebelumnya. Rasa ini, kegelapan ini, dingin ini, bahkan hilangnya ingatanku pun sudah tidak asing lagi. Namun siapakah aku untuk membuat kesimpulan, sedangkan aku pun tidak ingat namaku sendiri?

Hanyalah sebuah sentuhan yang kuingat betul. Bukan seperti sentuhan secara fisik tetapi, lebih ke jiwa. Ada sesuatu yang telah menyentuh jiwaku begitu dalam, sehingga perasaan ini tak bisa kulupakan. Suatu benda mungkinkah? Apa seseorang? Siapakah yang telah datang ke hidupku ini dan membuatku merasa seperti ini?

Siapakah orang itu? Apakah dia yang selalu datang di mimpi – mimpiku ini? Dia yang menyebut namaku begitu indahnya, sedangkan aku pun lupa siapa namaku. Dia yang memberiku kehangatan sekaligus rasa takut akan kehilangan dirinya. Dia yang mengenalkanku kepada dunia yang penuh dengan kebahagiaan. Dia dengan sentuhannya itu.

Apa mungkin semua ini bukanlah mimpi namun merupakan bagian dari ingatanku? Tapi, jika pun ini merupakan hidup ku sebelumnya, mengapa ingatanku samar – samar tentang apa yang terjadi pada dirinya? Kemanakah lelaki itu pergi menghilang membawa cintaku begitu saja? Apakah dia tidak kasihan dengan diriku yang sekarang melarat dalam kebingungan?

Aku sangat ingin tahu apa yang terjadi padanya, dan kenapa ingatanku akan dia hanya sampai situ saja? Mengapa tidak ada lanjutan dari kisah kita?


Apa mungkin..


Tidak.



Bukan.


Tidak mungkin itu dia




Itu….. hanyalah sebuah mimpi buruk

Atau…



“AAAAAAA”
“Dok dia telah sadar kembali,” kata sebuah suara di balik warna putih itu.


Aku pun terbangun, dan menyadari bahwa aku sedang berbaring diatas kasur yang nampaknya seperti di dalam ruangan rumah sakit. Dua pria dengan jas panjang berwarna putih, dan sebuah alat yang menggantung pada pundaknya, berjalan perlahan ke arahku.

“Tenangkan dirimu, kau akan baik – baik saja kok,” sahut salah satu dari mereka.


Aku berusaha untuk melihat sekelilingku, berharap ada satu/dua hal yang dapat mengingatkanku kembali. Aku melihat tangan kiriku dililit perban, dan tangan kananku penuh dengan luka kecil.

“Apa yang telah kulakukan?” pikirku.


Lalu, aku menyadari bahwa di samping tempat tidurku ada sebuah ranjang lagi dan disana terbaring tubuh seorang lelaki. Layar yang menandakan berakhir sudah atau belum kehidupannya, hanya bergaris lurus. Nyawa tubuh lelaki itu telah tiada.

“Siapa dia?” tanyaku pada pria berjas putih panjang ini.
“Kau tidak usah mengkhawatirkan dia, lupakan saja.”
“Iya, kau tidur saja kembali,” tambah salah satunya yang sekarang sedang memberiku semacam bius.

“Tapi, aku ingin tahu apa yang terjadi pada diri dia! Diriku! Tanganku! Semuanya! Mengapa aku bisa disini?? Dan siapakah kalian?!?!”
“Sudah, sudah. Lupakan saja semua. Semakin kau lupa, semakin hilang rasa sakitnya.”

Aku mulai merasakan bius itu berjalan cepat ke sekujur tubuhku.
“Coba tenangkan saja dirimu, lalu tidurlah kembali. Esok hari kau bangun, sudah hilang semua rasa sakit ini.”
“Iya, jangan sakiti diri kamu lagi ya.”
“Tuh dengar apa kata rekanku, biarkan saja kematian sendiri dengan urusannya. Tak usah kau ikut campur. Satu nyawa tak perlu disusul dengan satu lagi.”

Kematian.

Sekarang aku ingat semuanya. Bagaimana aku bisa berada disini, dan alasan mengapa ini semua sudah tidak asing lagi bagiku. Aku telah terbangun seperti ini beberapa kali sebelumnya dan aku selalu melihat lelaki itu berbaring di ranjang sampingku. Aku tahu dia siapa, dan aku tahu mengapa kita berada disini. Aku tahu bahwa lelaki disampingku ini meninggal akibat dari kecelakaan mobil yang dialaminya karena disaat itu ia sedang mengemudi sambil bertengkar dengan kekasihnya melalui telepon.

Setelah kecelakaan terjadi ambulans langsung membawa lelaki ini ke UGD terdekat, dan tak lama kemudian kekasihnya datang dengan air mata yang telah menggenangi setengah wajahnya. Penuh dengan rasa penyesalan dan kesedihan melihat lelaki yang ia cintai hendak menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya, perempuan ini mengambil benda tertajam yang bisa dia raih dan mulai mencelakai dirinya sendiri. Berharap dapat menyusul kekasihnya yang terbaring tak berdaya.

“Siapakah dia”
Aku bertanya.
“Siapakah diriku”
Engkau mungkin ingin tahu.

Tapi, apa yang semestinya kulakukan? Cinta bukankah dibawa sampai mati?


Lalu, obat bius itu mematikan seluruh tubuhku.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Happily Depressed

To my conclusion, it seems to me that I am struggling with depression. Or more like, living with depression since I don't really feel like I'm struggling with it.
I like it's company.
Depression keeps me occupied for a thought or two.




But sometimes I wonder, why do I feel this way?
Why do I constantly find myself drowning my joy into a painful thought of life, death, and all the other things in between?

I am not suffering from any chronic disease, nor any economical crisis. To be honest, the house I rest my head during the night is pretty nice. And the material pleasure that surrounds me during the day is, pleasurable.
 
Safe to say that my life looks perfect.








Perfection bores me.









I want my life to be an adventure, and as cliche as that sounds well it is the truth.
I long for the taste of freedom. But I'm finding myself more and more like a house pet each passing sunrise.

I'm afraid some day I'll wake up, not having the urge to seek freedom and finally surrendering to whatever it is that's always been tying me down.

Or maybe the blame for these sensitive moments are in the absence of a lover? (Here we go again, blaming love and all)

Well, there has been some days where I find myself wishing there was someone who I can call in the middle of the day just to tell them how beautiful the sunlight is and how I can't wait for the moon to come in during the night to match the sun's beauty.

But such person could only exist in my most childish thoughts. Because grown ups don't think about love, all they think about is 'how much money will I be taking home to my wife and kids tomorrow?' Well maybe that is some sort of love, but too often have these adults get trapped in such quest for material things that they tend to forget that true love lies from within.






Love.
What a depressing emotion that is

Friday, November 30, 2012

Awkwardness, et cetera.

Tonight the stars thought it might be better for them to stay hidden
They told me something big is going to happen
And two days later there was a dolphin knocking on my doorsteps

I told them, "this is madness!"
They told me I was too blind to realize sooner
They told me the world has gone mad

Where have I been all this time?
Was I too busy trying to disguise myself?
I cannot face a world like this
As far as I could remember, I was only twelve

But that was a thousand and ninety five days ago

I looked at this new world in awkwardness
I have never felt more alone
Everyone looked very sad
and Everything looked almost dead

A sunflower was as cold as winter
and winter became as evil as our dying love

I cannot help anyone here
They all resisted me
I cannot be anyone here
For they refuse to look at me

What have we all become?
Have we lost our hearts somewhere yesterday?
Have we all forgotten what it's like to be human?
Are we even living?

I know I'm breathing
But there is no life.

Should we all die like our love
Or should we try to live?

I have looked down and under for an answer
Left and right, there was no one who would bother
I tried looking up
I saw the stars, but their eyes are all shut

Rakyat Jelata

"Dimana letak kehidupan itu berada?"

Telah lama mereka mencarinya
Telah beredar lama ucapan tentang harta
Namun hingga saat ini yang ada hanyalah harapan hampa

Mereka terdiam
Mereka kecewa
Mereka marah
Namun mereka tak bisa berbuat apa

Mereka hanyalah rakyat jelata
Seperti kita semua

Selalu diperlakukan semena - mena

Siapa yang peduli terhadap kita?







November 2012

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Sebuah Cita - Cita

Aku punya sebuah ambisi
Sebuah cita cita
Sebuah mimpi
Kau mungkin berkata "dirimu gila!"
Jika kau tau apa maksud ku

Tampak nya tiada batas untuk meraih sebuah mimpi
Namun mengapa ada hambatan sana sini?
Entah tidak disetujui oleh orang tua
Atau dianggap konyol dan buang buang harta

Kau bilang aku harus bisa berkarya
Namun kau anggap hasil ku sia sia
Kau bilang ini hidup ku
Namun kenapa aku harus jalani mau mu?

Aku tahu maksud mu ingin menjaga ku
Aku tahu kau ingin yang terbaik untuk ku
Tapi apakah salah jika aku ingin mengejar mimpi gila ku?


Aku ingin kau percaya pada ku
Aku ingin kau mendukung segala langkah ku
Aku ingin kau yakini diri ku dan diri mu sendiri bahwa aku bisa meraih cita cita ku

Karna tanpa kasih sayang mu
Jadi apakah aku, Ibu?

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Jakarta

Berhalusinasi
Berteduh
Bermimpi di bawah langit ibu kota

Para pemimpin masa depan
Berbaring diantara dedaunan
Menyatakan keliruan akan hilang nya "bapak kota"

Siapakah dia?
Segelintir orang bertanya
Mencari jawaban akan pertanyaan yang tak ada logika

Keadilan di tangan siapa?
Bukankah rakyat berkuasa?
Apa hanya petinggi negara?

Waktu pun habis
Hilang terjebak kemacetan
Tapi apa boleh buat, kita hanyalah rakyat jelata
Hanya bisa bermimpi,
Jakarta oh Jakarta

Nabilla Utami 8June2011