Puisi-puisi Evangeline Joy
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Perhaps we can't
We can't Have anything
Anything at all
When what is wanted
Becomes undesired
At the point of attainment
I reached for it:
Flower growing in
hidden space,
Petals of flame
Shining amber-scarlet
Everything lovely,
Aroma of need-
satisfaction
But, with single grasp,
Crumbling to ash
At scorched fingertips
Now, with tender hands
Pressed to salt-stung lips
I turn away
A final
Glance, backward
At charred seed left
behind
In shadow crevices
Illusion's offspring:
Unviable.
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Happy secrets
Fluttering behind the
Corner of damp lips
And somewhere behind
These BrightEyes
An entire universe is
Ever being born
And I am young enough
To still grasp the
Wonder
But old enough to begin to
Understand
Made fresh, made new
every time
The water rushes
over me
Through me
I am so alive alive alive
Have I ever felt
This alive?
And I have never
been so much
Myself
Felt within this skin
Stretching, breathing
Pulsing
Me
Electric ease,
Reaching out,
Complete.
Lagu Pop
untuk E. (Puisi Sulaiman Djaya)
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waktu
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yang menunggu
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seperti nasib yang
berlepasan
Dalam tatapan
mataku-matamu.
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pergi
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terkunci
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biru
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