Membiasakan

Sepertinya 'membiasakan' itu perlu
Meski ku berharap bahwa engkau dapat hadir lebih lama,
lebih dekat, dan lebih erat dalam dekapan.
Meski waktu tetap berlalu, kamu tetap milikku.
Meski kamu jauh, tapi tak perlu aku ragu.
Mesi kamu perlahan akan bersama empumu,
dan aku hanya dapat mendukung.

Sepertinya 'membiasakan' itu harus.
Supaya tak perlu kaku, ketika datang waktuku.
Supaya hati tidak pilu, ketika habis waktuku.

Wahai sahabatku, terimalah ucapan syukurku.
Atas hadirnya dirimu dalam hidupku.
Yang ku harap terus berlaju,
tanpa perlu ada yang gugur.
Semoga tidak jenuh menghadapiku.

Harapan Bulan April

Ga sabar April.
Bukan hanya karena alasan rindu saja,
tapi karena ga sabar dengan petualangan yang bakalan ditempuh nantinya.

Ga sabar April
Bukan hanya sekedar ingin bertemu saja
tapi juga penasaran bagaimana segalanya berubah
Akankah tetap sama?
Atau mungkin berubah?
Akankah lebih baik?

Ga sabar April.
Bukan sekedar melepas kerinduan saja.
Tapi melepas keingintahuan.
Apakah kamu tetap ada?
Atau menghilang seakan aku tak pernah ada?

Biarlah menjadi misteri bulan April.
Karena padanya aku melabuhkan harapan.
Semoga tidak mengecewakan.
Semoga lebih indah dibanding enam bulan sebelumnya.

Rasa Takut

Takut itu hadir bukan hanya pada hati yang hampa
Takut justru hadir karena masih ada,
namun merasa ada angan untuk berkelana.
Dengan iming-iming takkan menghilang,
ketakutan masih hinggap pada hati yang sudah bertuan.

Alih-alih takut kehilangan,
bukannya semakin tenang mendengar ucapan sayang;
tetapi rasa takut itu kian menjalar.

Aku harap rasa itu salah
Aku harap itu hanya sebuah prasangka
Yang terpenting, aku harap kamu tetap ada.


Puisi ini ditulis untuk memperingati Hari Puisi Sedunia pada 21 Maret 2019, ditulis oleh @ViviDarmalim di instagram.

π

Longing for you is like π,
it's irrationally endless.
No matter how long or how far,
and to extend of digits that I've calculated,
it's never an end.
It is endlessly indefinite.

Same goes between you and π;
no matter how long we've talked to each other;
how far life has taken us;
and how many memories we've created together;
I will keep on longing for you
endlessly, irrationally and indefinitely.



This poem is written on March 14th, 2019 to celebrate π day by @VviDarmalim on instagram.

Bunga Tidur

Wahai sayangku,
datanglah dekat dan erat dalam mimpiku.
Aku paham bahwa jarak mungkin melarang,
namun biarkan hadiratmu sertai perjalanan,
hingga aku kembali pulang.
Aku paham mungkin waktu tak seirama,
namun bolehlah kita berjalan beriringan,
mendengungkan cinta kasih yang sama.

Meski angin kencang terus menerpa,
aku paham bahwa aku harus lebih kuat untuk menopangnya.
Andaikan ada engkau bersama,
mungkin aku tahu siapa yang harus ku genggam,
ketika badai menerpa.

Dan ketika engkau hadir dalam mimpiku,
mekar dan merekah dalam wujud bunga tidurku,
tak ingin aku terbangun dari tidurku.

Engkau benar hadir dalam mimpiku,
memeluk erat dalam dekat,
memohon untuk tidak berpisah,
berjanji agar tetap bersama.

Kini ku harap itu benar dan nyata.
Karena jika itu hanya anganku belaka,
mungkin akan semakin besar luka yang ku rasa;
yang tak mampu lagi aku tadah.

Home

Home,
For many people is the place where we lived and stayed.
But it is home, that gives me warm feelings and security.
It is home, where I rest my whole body and mind, after tiring days.

It has been more than five years I stayed here.
Spending times with family, colleagues, and friends.
Sharing memories and moments,
and of course, creating memorable and fond memories.

It is not big, but enough for the entire family to stay.
It is not luxurious, but enough to satisfied our needs.
It is where I called home, place where family gathered.
It is home, that I'm leaving physically but the one I bring to wherever I am.

It is not even six years I stayed here.
But I am going to leave again to somewhere further.
Like the old stories I used to live and leave.
I stayed for a while, made memories, endured moments,
then I left..
It is a cycle of my life.

It is not the first time I leaved my family, my home, and my friends.
It has been lots of times, and in the end I get my family and home back,
-- while not sure about friends.
For the first time in my life,
I am so convinced that there will be my best friend again,
-- when I am back home in the future.
For the first time in my life,
I have some people that will open their arms wide to welcome me back home.
And for the first time in my life,
I felt the most bitter goodbye.

But yeah, I will keep going on,
and let's see who will still be there,
-- either when I am back, or when I am further apart.
But for once, I hope that they are the ones.

Picnic at Zaanse Schans

Hello!

Zaanse Schans is very known and popular for its windmill and unique house architectures. It is very unique and eye catching. So here I am, visiting Zaanse Schans during the hot spring weather. Tourists from all over the world will visit this place to enjoy the beauty of windmills and see how the wind is transformed into several usages. There are also some museums and unique stores that sells the traditional things such as dutch wooden shoes, chocolate factories, cheese factories, and many more. 




In addition, if you visit in a good weather, you can bring your own foods and do picnic there! I visit Zaanse Schans when the weather is around 23 degrees and it was really hot, I could guarantee you that ice cream and cold water is all you need that time! But this is the perfect weather, when the skies are blue and the wind blows, you can see that the windmills are working while enjoying your food in the side of the lake. It was perfect. In addition, with this perfect weather, you could take great pictures too!

There are a lot of activities you could do in Zaanse Schans. Most importantly, leave before 4 or 5PM since all the windmills will stop working and people will start leaving after 5PM. So rather than being in the middle of the crowd, it is better to leave earlier. In addition, to enjoy the middle of the lake for a while, you can choose to go back to the starting point by using boat for only €1.00! If you don't feel like you want to visit the museums or you don't want to enter the windmills, you don't even need to pay to explore Zaanse Schans! The price for visiting each windmills are vary depends on the windmill that you are going to enter. But on average it costs €3.00-€5.00 per windmill. You can enter the wooden shoes factory and old Albert Heijn store for free too!

Zaanse Schans from the side.