dying leaf
waiting to fall--
summer's end

hammering a tree trunk
a woodpecker
takes over the valley

without wings--
two flying ants
two juggernauts

we
abruptly start the fight
after a walk
on slippery hallway
hand in hand

a termite
climbing up the tomb--
my father's grave

summer drizzle--
a flock flutter through
the rainbow

morning rush
he sips his tea
again

leftover--
the sardine's eyes
dimming

eventually I realise
Sinatra sang his evergreens
off key
since my child's laughter
in a long distance call

fallen leaf
on the still pond--
ripples a moment

butterfly summer--
yellow confetti
fall from heaven


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conclude the day
the cranes inhale the sunset

an orphan leaf
slithers with the evening wind

(1)
bombing--
the dog sniffs
the thin air

(2)
darker
than the rainclouds
:the dust


*Jakarta shocked by bombing at Ritz Carlton and JW Marriot Hotel, Thursday, July 16, 2009. In solidarity to the casualties.

dark and straight
gets longer after lunch
:the flagpole's shadow

pale dusk--
grandma keeps on gazing
at the wall calendar

dusk--
the ancient sun lies down
in a bed of roses

My little boy, Afrizal Hasbi Azizy, was hospitalised for tonsilectomy on Saturday (July 11, 2009) morning. When he was escorted out of the operation room, I saw him crying so painfully. He uses to be brave and afraid of almost nothing. But that morning, I saw the tears rolled down on his face. It happened just 5 days before his 8th birthday; the day he's been thinking about in the last three months, the day he'll be expecting a set of Pokemon card as his birthday present from his mother. I won't be able to be home on the big day to hug him with love, and to surprise him with another given away.

firefly in a cookie jar--
a dream birthday present
for a wounded boy

evening wind rocking treetops
...a distant lullaby