I really want to see you more often
If not, it’s okay
It’ll make a brick by brick of longing
And become pyramid of passion

I really need to see you more often
If not, it’s okay
Grateful just to touch by your words
After all when you give your words to me
Your attenyion is for me
Only me, even for few seconds
@des,2009 Umi Lasminah

Aku lihat wajahmu
Dalam kekhusyuan

Aku lihat matamu
Dalam kelelahan
Sedikit kulihat jiwamu
Pada kedalaman ambigu

Aku ingin bersamamu
Tertawa, bicara, bersenda gurau

Ingin kubagi kesenanganku padamu
Ingin kipenuhi ajakanmu
Walau waktu penentu
Aku menunggumu slalu
Di antara sisa2 ruang dan luang waktumu

Aku menantimu
Seperti yang sudah-sudah
Seperti kau menantiku

these inspirations is YOU

These inspirations is You

Numbers of poetries
Numbers of essays
and prose
Are for you
out of you

You are the center stage
The outstanding tree
The loveliest flower in the vase
The great horse in the race
The brightest color of accessories
The soothing voice to stop an infant cry

You are the Inspirations
The Gift God divine me

12 Des, 2009 @Umi Lasminah

you are the inspirations

as flood of words come
it was out of think of you
one, two, three,four poetries
prose
for you
and about you

I hope in between sanity and dream
We can be forever soul to soul

@Umi Lasminah 12, Dec, 2009

terima dengan baik

jika seseorang memuji bakatmu

tak usah potong kata-katanya

tak usah sangkal

ucapkan terima kasih

jika seseorang berkata

bagus dan baik tentangmu

tentang kemampuanmu menulis

tentang kemampuanmu menyetir walau sudah tua

ucapkan terima kasih

bila ada hal-hal positif tentang mu

terima saja

bila hendak menyanggah

tak usahlah disampaikan

walau dalam hati

tak baik menolak potensi

menolak keindahan

karena apa-apa yang baik di dalam

akan baik di luar

bila ada berita buruk

tentang siapapun

terimalah dengan baik

semua akan menjadi baik

Aku Tak Hendak Meminta-minta

Aku cukupkan disini kutelan sombongmu
cukup juga sentifitasmu mengangguku
bila aku tak cukup berbaik-baik

cukuplah sudah

aku hanya ‘king of pleasure’
tak sudi lama-lama terpaku deritamu
bukan karenaku
tak ada aku di situ
aku hanya aku
pergilah ke kaummu
noltagia kuasa budaya
sembah hormat pura-pura
itu bukan aku

Sampai kapanpun
Kau tak terima aku apa adanya
Buat apa kupaksa
Pergilah bersama kebenaranmu
Pergilah bersama keangkuhanmu
Pergilah
Terima kasih
Telah membuatku jujur
tanpa arti

@Umi Lasmiinah, Desember 2009

Jakarta

Jakarta My City with Personality

Jakarta my city, my home
my head and feet always have place in
Kind and hards
Jakarta is an honest city:
cheat and trick to its community
Jakarta is kind and gentle
for you who gentle and kind

Jakarta is city of flood
of water and garbage
of solidarity and arrogance

Jakarta is city of history
buildings and streets speaks of its time
lonely museums lonely people
crowded market noise people

Jakarta is always a city of hope and desperation
people longing to live
people working to live
Jakarta is always care in her own way
Jakarta, city with personality
A motherland of me and others
A place of my birth
The best place to grow

@Umi Lasminah 2009, Desember

My Divine Circumstances

My Divine Circumstances

Above everything and nothing
I am here wondering
What mylife would be
Without knowing you
The same and different
Somehow grows is always
Grateful is mine

Above everything and nothing
Inside and beyond my imagination
Through rain, storm and a sunny days
I am bound to learn more
I am bound to accept more
Whatever God gave me through you
A joyful receiving is Me
Worthy and ought to be
For I am a servant of any feeling YOU given me
My Divine circumstances

@Umi Lasminah Dec,2009

like to meet you

i like to meet you tonight
a long long time friend
an intellegent creature
i hope you are fine
brave to embrace you gracefulness
do not bow your head again
I’ll be come to uplause
To give standing ovation you deserve
always be brave
always be honest
do not let illusion take you over
@Nov,27, 2009 Umi Lasminah

Aku Menantimu

Aku Menantimu

aku menantimu di antara gelombang warna cahaya

dan muram Jakarta

aku menunggumu

di antara harap dan ingin tanpa jemu

aku memujamu, laksana bias cahaya pada udara

aku menantimu, laksana bumi setia pada matahari

aku hanya manusia

bertabur rasa

berwahana kata

di antara semua nestapa

di antara semua gembira

kau menjadi tamu setia

datang dan pergi

namun aku

tak jua mau

beranjak tuk menantimu

di antara jalan-jalan Jakarta

di antara malam terang lampu

antara sejati dan palsu

aku menantimu

bersama

mimpi-mimpi

dan rindu

@September 2009