Common Uncommon

By: Yusuf Achmad

Sun stares at daylight
Wave thunders, calls back and forth
Your name illuminates my night
My soul screams, traded with reliance
That’s common

Spectator soap opera cry
Speech, politician, public prosecutor, broker,
Claw at each other
Popular artist makes up a story
Scientist is buried in craziness
The rich rule with millions of craftiness
That’s common

Heart, faith-thought quarrel
Eat vegetables with little rice
Drink plain water when headache
See doctor without medicine
Zikir upside down thought

Submit with no fault
My stomach full with little memorable
Gurgle pleasure when feeling miserable
Heal with no remembering you
I’m not used to

Surabaya, 1 December 2013