Do you have life skills that you know you can excel at but leave them out with no intention of mastering them? Mine is driving, baking, and replacing light bulbs. It’s not without reason because I have a very reasonable and grounded explanation for this. Technically I can drive. But I already feel enough about…

Suatu kali, ketika dalam sebuah percakapan tentang masa depan dengan seorang teman, saya reflek berkata “kali ini saya tidak mendoakan ya, soalnya saya meragukan doa saya“. Lalu lawan bicara saya membalas, “kenapa bilang begitu? memangnya kamu yang menentukan? Mendengar responnya itu saya hanya bisa diam dan bersepakat dengannya ‘benar juga yang dia katakan’. Entah kenapa…

Maybe it’s my fault for not being forthright with you in the first place, so you hesitate and have to question your existence Who am I to you? It may also be me who doesn’t convince you enough that I want you to rely on me, so you have to be careful to ask for…

Here we sit facing each other Talking about separation It’s not that we don’t know the suffering that will come after It’s just our way of putting our others first in consideration Yet there is nothing good in saying goodbye As he looked at me with his teary eyes, As if begging me to stay…