Team Alanis

It is always easier to write about darkness, madness, and anger. It is easier to write in loneliness and sorrow. It is easier to be brokenhearted and painted mute colors. Sometimes, channeling deepest darkness and countless sorrow is good for a boost for your next artsy project. Besides, all the greatest love song is made from brokenhearted tale.

But I’m going to stop there, because like me, you already know when to stop.

Before 7

In an empty dark room, when no one had come. With empty table and a lot of chairs. I sat down hours before the sun rose or the light turned on. It usually doesn’t take that long.

There were memories about nonsense talking and senseless laughing. But when you look around this time, no sound would be heard. As if we are all putting our ear bud on. Faded music vividly heard once or twice. And our attempt to revive the surrounding feeling would have come to sour. There’s this bunch of new people coming up. Occupying large portion of the neighborhood. I’ve seen this before somewhere. I remember this feeling before.

The last time, I was the one who left. Now, it’s the other way around. It doesn’t feel that bad. Truthfully, it doesn’t feel at all.

Maybe We’re Just Being Mean

Maybe we’re just being mean.
Maybe we are not sad at all.
Maybe we just wanted a conversation topic.
Maybe we just love to see soap opera.
Maybe we can’t stop blaming others.
Maybe we just wanted to punch somebody.
Maybe we forget how to be human.
Maybe we forget how to love.
Maybe we forget to take a bow.
To the ocean, to the sky, to you.

Tonight, let’s called early and hope.
Hoping for them, to stay under moonlight and amongst the stars.
Landing in enormous twilight sky.

Dear beautiful faces, until we meet again, you will be loved.

PS: Being a part of community in a vast stream of information, is hard. We are becoming part of people we used to hate. Becoming more of a person we avoid in the past. In that kind of situation, stop for a minute and take a breath, look around, and ask yourself few questions. Who you are, what you are doing, how you get there.

Menunggu Pagi

Malam tidak selalu tentang menunggu pagi,
atau gelap yg berubah menjadi terang.
Kamu tdk mengenal siang,
dan aku tdk berkenalan dgn malam.
Tentang cerita-cerita yang habis ditelan malam,
atau tak sabar diceritakan ketika pagi tiba.
Cerita tentang lelah.
Cerita tentang nyala api.
Cerita tentang kunang-kunang.
Dan arti warna fajar.
Selamat pagi, para penikmat malam.
Selamat malam, para pencinta pagi.
Makhluk-makhluk tercinta, yang penuh dengan kebahagiaan.