Monday, January 28, 2013

Hello?


My graduation present, back in the year 2000, was a mobile phone.

Words cannot express the joy of finally having a means of communicating with beloved friends and family, to all practical purposes, anytime anywhere.

12 long years has passed and, though I have dwelled on it before, I am seriously reconsidering the value of having the mobile phone.

One cannot deny how convenient it is though. My dear old mother herself would not willingly give up her mobile phone now even as she struggles to grasp the workings of new technology.

But despite the convenience, despite the fact that we are reachable, my mobile phone may remain silent for more than 48 hours at a stretch.
I believe the record for me is around 2 weeks.

And, sadly, it is not for lack of keeping in touch on my part.
It is doubly sad for me when I contact people I care about and they hardly ever return the text or call.


It seems that in this age of mass communication, communication itself is being taken for granted.

Or maybe it's just me.
Because I know for a fact that they do keep in touch with others.

Perhaps I will never be the kind of person to whom those I care about would reach out to just for the heck of it.
Perhaps they do not share the same level of camaraderie that I feel towards them.

However, the mobile phone has insidiously become a sort of necessary evil in this life.
Which is why my mobile phone is here to stay

no matter how sad it makes me feel...


So I set fire to the rain and I threw us into the flames
where I felt something died because I knew it was the last time.

Let it burn...

Sunday, January 27, 2013

...

Pada perjumpaan kami yang pertama
yang aku anggap sebenar-benar perjumpaan
lepak makan berbual bersama

malamnya bergerimis...

Hampir sama suasananya seperti perjumpaan malam kelmarin
tapi situasi kami telah amat berbeza.

Dia pernah menyatakan bahawa aku ini sahabat.

Salah satu ciri seorang sahabat itu adalah menyayangi sahabatnya melebihi dirinya sendiri.
Seorang sahabat itu pasti mahu yang terbaik untuk sahabatnya.
Seorang sahabat itu pasti mahu melindungi sahabatnya daripada segala mara bahaya...

...termasuklah menjauhkannya daripada dosa.

Tapi aku
bukan sahaja gagal menegah

malah

menyokongnya dalam dosa.

Aku tak layak jadi sahabatnya...

Kalau begitu
siapa aku ini baginya?

Friday, January 25, 2013

Harapan


Bicara mimpi itu mengheretku ke dasar
Gelap tangannya menggapai tanganku

Dan munculnya dirimu di pinggir laman itu
Hangatmu menyambut ku kembali

Dan ku mengerti mengapa masih berdiri
Hadirnya siang berteman mentari
Dan ku bersama bintang malammu mencari kasihku

Dan angin kan memanggil
Bagai ada musafir hadir dan pergi tiada berjanji

Mungkin seketika ku merasa cintanya
Bagai dibelai mimpi sempurna

Dan taman ini tak bererti dan bersemi
Tiada indah tanpamu di sini
Dan ku jejaki walaupun hanya secebis kasihmu

Harapan
Harapan menjadi layu

Ingin ku bahagia bersama
Menjadi kenangan memburu impian masa kita

Hatiku meratap setinggi gunung
Pasti ku mencari bintangnya
Menjadi cahaya menyinar impian hidup kita selamanya

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

No Shades of Gray

'Cause I want it all
Or nothing at all
There's nowhere left to fall
When you've reached the bottom
It's now or never

Is it all?
Or are we just friends?
Is this how it ends?
With a simple telephone call
You leave me here
With nothing at all...

I lost one by posting the question.

Now, it seems, I've lost another when the question was posted to me.

I thought this life was made of shades of gray.
Apparently, there are areas that adamantly remain black and white.

Will we heal? Will they come back? Will we have another chance? Should we have another chance?
Damn! I'm just too sick and tired to think of it right now...

Sebastian?

Watching the Hobbit, there was one particular moment which jarred my mind.

I just can't get over it- Radagast referring to the the hedgehog by the name 'Sebastian'!

Sebastian?

With all those exotic outlandish names being mentioned throughout the entire movie, how in the world did 'Sebastian' make the ranks?!