Friday 31 May 2013

Aku Cabar Kau

Aku cabar kau!

Anak jantan, pahlawan, pendekar,
para tak endah tuhan,
Tinggalkan Tuhan satu hari,
Kembara ke bumi asing dengan dua kaki.

Aku cabar,
bila nyawa dihujung halkum,
Kau tak terlarut dalam giur doa.

Saturday 25 May 2013

Macam (Kosong Yang Sampai)

Macam jutaan sperma meluncur ke ovum,
Macam penguin bermigrasi ke antartik selatan,
Macam sesakan mobil lepas hijau isyarat neon,
tapi tiada yang sampai.
Semua sperma kelemasan dalam likatan,
Semua komuniti penguin mati kebuluran,
Semua kereta berantakan kecelakaan.

Macam itu juga neuron aku,
Kosong yang gabung,
Semuanya hilang di tengah jalan,
Dibaham porno diejakulat syaitan.

Monday 20 May 2013

I Remember

I wanna hear,
what you have to say about me.

Hear,
if you gonna live without me.

I wanna hear,
what you want?

I remember December.

~Damien Rice, "I Remember". (2002)

Saturday 11 May 2013

The Idea of Racism

Humans, just what are they?

Allright. Skip the lame intro question.

I mean, just how you are differentiating them?
Our blood is all red you said. We are born equal you said. Races doesn't mean anything you said. I couldn't agree more. But, based on that you're telling me we are all completely the same. Stress out the word 'completely' there, because I'm quite lazy to have it bold. And that is when I start to contemplate.

"Completely the same".

In what context? I believe that races don't mean anything, in a context of superiority. No race should be treated better than the other. If that is what you mean, I don't have any objection. But yet again, is that what you mean? Or you have never explore your own meaning of anti-racist slogan that you hailing about. I don't know.

Lets make a 'lil twist without a shout here.

I went into the pet store last weekend, and one of the salesgirl handed me a pamphlet. The pamphlet was about dogs. She smiled, I smiled. Well, I don't really like dogs, but I'm not a cat person either. I'm more fond to panda. It said there in the pamphlet that there were 3 kinds of dogs that they sell. Poodle is kinda cute. It said there that poodle is easy to train, intelligent, but always have a healthy problem. Balance. Then there was Shar Pei, the dog that the breed history is from China. Ugly. Very ugly. Nothing to look about. But yet again the pros were they are very clean, easy to train and mature very fast. But what really caught my eyes was the Japan breed dog, Akita Inu. Gosh they are so handsome. With the brown fur, elegance physic. I felt like grabbing one of them right in the moment. But, hey. I have a second thought when I read the contras that they are difficult to raise, often bark with no reason, hard to tame and very aggressive towards strangers. In fact I have a third thought, when I realised that I cannot pet any dogs since my religion forbid me to do so.

But that is not the story anyway. When I walked out the door of the pet store (which don't sell any panda), I tried to relate what I read in the pamphlet with the scenario of my country.

We have a multiracial citizens. Same as dogs. They have lots of races. But what is racism?
I never gonna quote any kind of literature review here. Because when we talk about facts we sounds reasonable and intelligent, but we have lost our ability to be human. It is about human can think. And quoting literature review is in the same degree of throwing facts. Here you don't expect anybody's facts, but my fact.

In my country, you always can hear someone say,
"All Chinese is a cheat. They like to cheat people in their business. We must be careful of them!"
Or,
"Malays are lazy. Don't ever hire them!"
Or,
"Indians' tongue is like a zig-zag puzzle! I just cannot understand what they are trying to say! And they like to spread rumors!"

Is all that are racist statements?

How about these?

"Chinese are hardwoking. They will give you 100% commitments if you give them any work."
Or,
"Malays are very well-mannered. They are kind and caring too."
Or,
"Indians are very friendly. You can never find any race in Malaysia that always smile to you like Indians."

Now is that are racist statements?

If you ask me, I will say yes. It is a racist statements. And I will also say that the two statements are true. To me racist, is when you have a certain sentiments in a certain race. They say that sentiments is not good. We should kill all the sentiments of any race, they said. Just how it is possible? Sentiments is a characteristics that long known and long observed in one particular race. It also means that when you say you want to kill sentiments, you want to kill characteristics.

And I ask again, how it is possible for you to kill and wipe out all the characteristics of one race?

We are created with a distinctive characteristics and behavior, externally or internally. Each race has it. Either it is good, or bad.

So how do you cope with this?
One word, love.

Just like you love your lover, you cherish his/her good side, and you try to hold on with his/her side that you hate.

Another word, tolerance.

And I say, negative racism is only an oasis. We can never kill it, since it is not exist.
And I say, sentiments are only a characteristic. We can never wipe them, since each of the races is created differently.
And I say, we can never be the same. But we are equal, with no superiority.

Now, would you excuse me.

I'm gonna catch some panda.

Monday 6 May 2013

Malam Ini

Bukan aku tak tahu harapan itu,
mau bangkit di subuh meneguk madu,
bernafas dalam hela sunnah,
bermanis-manisan sesuci fikrah.

Bukan aku tak lihat duniamu itu,
pingin bumi ini seluruhnya berserambi makkah,
bercinta-cinta dengan daulah islamiyyah,
bukan aku tak tau harapanmu itu.

Tapi sahabat,
malam ini kita menung sendiri.

Kita kuis tiap keringnya daun mati dengan kaki.
Kita tak perlu jadi jauhari untuk mengerti.

Hati ini patah--mendengar suara ketawaan mereka,
yang tak terzahir dek telinga.
Jiwa ini berdarah--terkenang senyumnya,
lega belaka wajahnya.

Malam ini sayu,kawan.
Malam ini sayu.

Kita bagai tiada madah untuk menjerkah,
Kita yatim wasilah, piatu khalifah..

Kini serasanya segala bait ini begitu murah.
Tiap aksara tiap kata yang kau sebut ini,
murah...

Aku cuma mendengar mereka berdekah. 

Saturday 4 May 2013

Ini Kalilah! (Sebuah Puisi Murah)

Kawan,
aku tak kesah kau mau berdiri sama tinggi 
duduk sama rendah,
apa yang aku dengar,
"Ini kalilah!"

Lawan,
aku tak hirau kau mau bakar segala bunting
campak ke tong sampah,
apa yang aku dengar,
"Ini kalilah!"

Kita emang tiada tali untuk bergantung,
kita juga tiada besen untuk menadah,
tapi kini kita tau suara kita semua endah,
apa yang kita dengar?
"Ini kalilah!"