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Kuinjak Rem Kuat-kuat

Tahukah, Ayah, betapa aku menantikan saat-saat menyetir? Saat aku memegang kemudi, segalanya bergelut rapat di dalam kendaliku. Saat aku menyentuh perseneling, semua hal tampak berada pada kuasaku. Oh, betapa kunantikan saat Ayah menunjuk ke arah mobil dengan dagu dan melemparkan kunci kepadaku. Tahukah, Ayah, betapa aku menyukai derasnya adrenalin dalam tubuhku. Ketika ban mobil kita berjalan menderu-deru. Betapa tak ada yang terlintas di kepalaku selain memikirkan bagaimana mobil ini tetap melaju. Oh, aku suka, suka, suka, suka, suka sekali saat-saat itu. Lucunya, setiap kali Ayah yang menyetir, aku duduk gelisah di jok samping pengemudi, mencoba mengira-ngira semua yang melintas di depan mataku. Menaksir apakah sebelah kiri akan disambar motor, menjerit histeris ketika Ayah berhenti terlalu dekat di belakang mobil. Berdebar-debar ketika harus bersisian dengan kontainer, menjerit senang di dalam hati ketika melewati jalan tol yang lapang. Mengutuk motor-motor yang Ayah klakson ke...

I'm the Kind of Girl You (Might) Fall in Love with

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Here is some posting I wish (one day) he'll find out. The sooner the better, I guess. He knows for sure I write when I need to, not a typical one who purposely do it to improve some writing skill, but because I need to. So he better takes a good look to his laptop screen. This is a story of love. I'll tell you something, he's probably gonna hate it. He prefers cool things instead of love poetry. For the first time in my life, I met someone looks just like this: It might be more representative if I add some glasses with headset or microphone (he loves books, music, and was a former 'not-so-great-but-confident-enough-to sing' vocalist of a band) but too bad I can't draw or use any design graphic software . The second we start talking (about anything, because we simply have nothing in common), I started to think, "This could be something". My hair should be black. But this is the best picture to describe myself back then, I think. ...