Asa Sepi

Laksana halilintar gegar menggelegar
merongrong guruh jiwaku yang runtuh
Terdampar lelah terkapar
Tersungkur tidur membujur 
gerah pun…Tak kuasa aku berulah
Dimaki…Tak mampu Kembali mencaci…

Hanya diam dalam kelam…
Sendiri merajut sepi
Merobek jala hati…
Membakar panas kobar jiwa…
Tersenyum…membalut kalut yang terangkum
Tertawa…Meringkus rakus luka yang menganga…
Berdoa...membawa lara kepada asa..

Bell Hooks, All About Love

“To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue and redeem us. True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved.” 

“Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands.”

“the wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by paternal sadism, by a patriarchal world that did not want him to claim his true feelings. The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood that she must become something other than herself, deny her true feelings, in order to attract and please others. When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better. To be loving we willingly hear the other’s truth, and most important, we affirm the value of truth telling. Lies may make people feel better, but they do not help them to know love.” 

“Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love.”

“If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.” 

“When angels speak of love they tell us it is only by loving that we enter an earthly paradise. They tell us paradise is our home and love our true destiny.” 

Melihat Dengan Memejamkan Mata

Sinar, bawa serta kabar ini bersama, angin. Sampaikan pada dunia bahwa cinta itu ada. Beberapa waktu yang lalu telah mereka gapai. Sang rumput penasaran “Siapa mereka??” Sang nurani menjawab “mereka yang bisa melihat!” “Mereka yang tidak buta!” bunga-bunga bertanya “dimana menemukan mereka??” sang kalbu menjawab “mereka ada di mana-mana!” daun-daun bingung “bagaimana menemui mereka??” sang hati menjawab, “kita hanya perlu melihat??” semuanya semakin penasaran rumput, bunga-bunga dan daun-daun “lalu bagaimana, caranya melihat???” kemudian hening, senyap, sepi sembilu…   tiba saat sang matahari menjawab kita semua hanya perlu memejamkan mata… mengatur nafas-nafas keceriaan dalam tubuh, dalam kesadaran…