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Grasshopper

I’m sorry, grasshopper For having picked spinach leaves From the place where you close your eyes Before jumping to another leaf I need vegetables for my salad Like you need leaves for your food too The food chain is sometimes … Continue reading

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Seasons

In fall, leaves are falling, fragile, broken. It’s not the failure of the tree to keep the leaves. Somehow, leaves must leave to eternity. And the tree keeps growing. It regenerates. In winter, we contemplate, we plan, we choose which … Continue reading

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You

You don’t have to be me if you don’t want to, if you think you can’t. No one ever forces a leaf to become a flower. But you can draw the rainbow with your hand, with or without rain and … Continue reading

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Ziarah

Kadang aku iri Pada mereka yang berbaring di sini Dalam kegelapan dan keabadian Yang memberi mereka ketenangan Padahal di luar sana, kereta demi kereta berteriak nyaring Susul-menyusul, berkejaran Sementara kendaraan tak henti-hentinya menciptakan bising Lalu-lalang melindas jalan raya yang telentang … Continue reading

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Silent as The Mountain

So many nightsI think about what everybody thinksI never think about.I always have a million wordsBut I never say them to the people,Because of what they’re gonna thinkAbout it. So I talk to my garden.I tell the leaves what I … Continue reading

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