In The Moment

When I was a child

I remember

While we were riding on a boat

I once asked my mother

How come the trees are moving towards us

In the present day

It takes my whole conscience

 To be able to

Observe the world

Through that point of view

But, doesn't it feel content?

To wander through the days

While enjoying things 

Beyond how it seems

To love your job

So much

You realize how tempting 

The new piles of paper on the desk

To enjoy the long drive home

While realizing

You could dance all day long

To the new song on the radio

To enjoy the late night shift

While observing

The lights comes from

The over populated buildings

Despite, Beyond Without

Artwork by Komang Kartika Dewi shot at an Exhibition at Casa Luna Restaurant

Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

I remember since I was little

My mother never told me

That to be able to live

I have to be perfect at

Being graceful without foul

Saying yes without yet

Nurture without failure

But

I remember since I was little

My mother always told me 

That to be able to live

I have to try my best at

Believe in the beauty 

Despite the adversity

Believe in the power of question

Despite the established statement

Believe in my intuitions

Despite the judgements

Then, who are you?

To come now

And tell me otherwise? 

Too

She walks too fast for her laid-back neighborhood

She has a too open thoughts for her conservative neighbor

She is too opinionated for her male dominated workplace

She is too demanding for an easy satisfied society

She is too curious for her careless generation

She is too observant for her ignorant surroundings

She does not fit anywhere, other than in her own thinking

She is too…

alive

Carnival

Experiencing him is like 

Being at a carnival in the shoreline

Even if it only happens once in a while

Still it is a carnival

When the carnival is about to close 

And the amusement is about to end

The excitement doesn't just end

There still will be a firework show

The lights and the color splashed in the sky

 Will still be remembered

 Long after I got back home

And on the way home

I can even still see stars over the shoreline

Along the road

I can even still smell the refreshing salt 

In the sea

I can even still feel the wind 

Slipping through my hands

Even if it only happens once in a while

The happiness lasts long