Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Distance..separation..and Love..Harmony

A VALEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING.
by John Donne

AS virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of their sad friends do say,
"Now his breath goes," and some say, "No."

So let us melt, and make no noise,
No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move ;
'Twere profanation of our joys
To tell the laity our love.

Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears ;
Men reckon what it did, and meant ;
But trepidation of the spheres,
Though greater far, is innocent.

Dull sublunary lovers' love
—Whose soul is sense—cannot admit
Of absence, 'cause it doth remove
The thing which elemented it.

But we by a love so much refined,
That ourselves know not what it is,
Inter-assurèd of the mind,
Care less, eyes, lips and hands to miss.

Our two souls therefore, which are one,
Though I must go, endure not yet
A breach, but an expansion,
Like gold to aery thinness beat.

If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two ;
Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if th' other do.

And though it in the centre sit,
Yet, when the other far doth roam,
It leans, and hearkens after it,
And grows erect, as that comes home.

Such wilt thou be to me, who must,
Like th' other foot, obliquely run ;
Thy firmness makes my circle just,
And makes me end where I begun..

Monday, October 02, 2006

Goodbye my friend...





You have been with me for more than 5 years..
We share so many stories, we had laughter, tears, memories, irreplaceable memories..
I remember the day I met you for the first time..
It was a sunny day in 2001..
I got off from campus and went to Lempuyangan train station to pick you up..
Starting from that day, we’ve been together..
Through the rain, the burning sun, the hot asphalt...
Hundreds of miles we ground together..
Countless occasion where you really helped me..
You never let me down...You took me everywhere I want to go..
Though I never really take care of you, dusty and dirty..
But you’re always there for me..

I’m sorry, I had to let you go..
I don’t know why, but I have no other option..
I’m sorry my friend...

I hope you find a better place..
Someone who really care about you..
Who’ll take good care of you...
And both of you shall have great stories together..



Good bye...

Keep on rolling and follow the wild in your heart...