Dalam doaku

Sapardi Joko Damono, 1989
(Kumpulan sajak "Hujan Bulan Juni")


Dalam doaku subuh ini kau menjelma langit yang
semalaman tak memejamkan mata, yang meluas bening
siap menerima cahaya pertama, yang melengkung hening
karena akan menerima suara-suara

Diary: wife's VS husband's

WIFE's DIARY

Sunday night.
I thought he was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a cafe to have coffee. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset that I was a bit late, but he made no comment. Conversation wasn't flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed but he kept quiet and absent. I asked him what was wrong. He said: "Nothing." I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry. On the way home I told him that I loved him. He simply smiled and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior; I don't know why he didn't say: "I love u, too."

Di sebuah kamar di sebuah RS

Di sebuah rumah sakit, di salah satu sudut kamar rawat-inap ada dua orang lelaki yang menderita sakit cukup parah, kedua orang tersebut hanya dipisahkan oleh pembatas tipis, sehingga mereka berdua bisa bercakap-cakap walau tidak bisa melihat satu dengan yang lain.