He walks as secret.
Unseen treasure before eyes-
Owner has its key.
Singapore – October 15, 2017
Author: rike jokanan
Me, now here
To Write About Someone – ranting
It’s been a while that I could not write long stories. Haiku has been my choice. It enables me to put my ideas into concise version of long winding contemplation.
Suddenly I want to write a long story about someone. Maybe about someone I’ve thought I know very well but in fact I don’t really. I often misunderstand about that person. About my mother….
But again, I don’t know if I can do it well…. I’m just blank.
Green grass and an ant
Is a dot on a paper sheet.
A real confusion.
Still preparing for a better thought.
Jakarta – October 6, 2017 – 23:42
Picture borrowed from http://www.themost10.com/intelligent-animals-2/
Delay – ranting
Can you please make me do things on time? No delay, please. It is not nice and slightly downgrading.
On the way to work station – September 19, 2017 – 08:25
Ayutthaya – haiku
Wind over water
Snatches messages away
From Ayutthaya.
Ayutthaya – September 18, 2017 – 19:15
Just A Job – haiku
When Japanese say:
“It’s just a job”. They must be
Joking. Don’t believe.
Singapore – before flying to Taipei – September 4, 2017 – 7:50am
Akal – haiku
Benarkah beda:
Berakal dan berpikir?
Cari jawabnya.
Singapura – 3 September, 2017 – 22:33
Full – haiku
A glass of root beer
Stands on a table center,
Where I sit – so full.
Kuala Lumpur – August 28, 2017 – 19:50
Mother – haiku
Grey-haired, wrinkle-skinned,
She wishes all best of me.
Please meet my Mother.
KL – August 24, 2017 – 23:40
Lunch time – haiku
See the scorching Sun.
Green soup and a bowl of rice
Is ready for lunch.
Malaysia – August 23, 2017 – 12:15pm
Live Healthy – haiku
That they live healthy
Is craving for greeneries
And some water.
Video borrowed from Youtube.
Batam – August 15, 2017 – 22:25
Fasting
Fast
Fasten
Fasting
Fastening
To hold.
Until it comes to a time to unfasten.
Temasek – August 12, 2017 – 20:16
Picture borrowed from: http://www.tesfatours.com/fifty-five-days-of-fasting-underway-in-ethiopia/
Rainy Day – haiku
Rainy day. It’s dark
Outside, so damn cold of breeze.
I need a lantern.
Temasek – August 12, 2017 – 13:40
Kutabur Debu Cahaya
Kutabur debu cahaya
Bersama salam dan langkahku
Demi jejak kemanusiaan
Bagi seluruh isi alam.
Berurai air-mata….
Sungai-sungai sebagai urat-urat darah
Yang mulai tersumbat,
Menyempit,
Buntu…. Samudera pun kehilangan tuah dan birunya.
Tersedak Ibu Gaia terbatuk-batuk, bersedih melihat anak-anaknya tiada berhati.
Duh Gusti,
Ampunilah aku
Yang tak mampu membantu titik-titik mungil bercahaya terkungkung rantai dan kerangkeng.
Letih dan terluka
Batin dan badannya.
Duh Gusti,
Merdekakan kami.
Aku dan titik-titik mungil bercahaya itu.
Merdekakan inti hidup kami.
Sehingga bahagia walau kami dihela hingga pertolonganMu tiba.
Sehingga ikhlash walau kami dipaksa hingga kehendakMu tiba.
Wahai, titik-titik mungil bercahaya….
Kuseru doa dan belai mesra.
Salamku salam ruhani yang akan membungkusmu dengan kekebalan
Dari segala derita.
Kuatkan. Murnikan. Tataplah langit seperti kutatap ia.
Kudekap Ibu Gaia,
Kuhembuskan debu cahaya
Dan titik-titik cahaya itu berpendar, melebar dan merayakan kebahagiaan.
Salamku salam ruhani
Wahai titik-titik mungil dalam dekapan.
Puisi ini kupersembahkan bagi para satwa yang didera kekejaman atas nama kesejahteraan manusia. Terkirim bagimu kekuatan dan kemuliaan selamanya. Sayangku….
Ibu Gaia, teriring doa untukmu jua….
Salaamun qaulammirrabbirrahiem….
Temasek – August 12, 2017 – 02:59
I Travel To Live – tanka
I travel to live
To revive the life and place
With my soul greeting.
Roots, trunks, leaves, flowers tell me:
“Your footsteps leave light and scent”.
Temasek – August 10, 2017 – 22:44
Picture borrowed from: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/525373112761812546/
Sensitivity – Negativity (of ranting day)
Sensitivity
Do you believe in sensitivity leading to truth?
Or you just embrace it then let it go?
I’ve been sensitive and let my anger go through the nerve and burn my own ego…. Down.
I’ve been negative and let my prejudice billow through the balloon that wait to soar…. Up.
Oye, Sensitivity.
Please give me a break.
Oye, Negativity.
Please give me a brake.
With sensitivity I should not break my brake just to be afraid of negativity.
I’m not afraid of my sensitivity.
I’m not afraid of my negativity.
I’m sometimes sensitively negative.
I’m sometimes negatively sensitive.
And, I embrace myself for being just that….
Oye, Happy Days….
Please bring Ms. Breeze to bless my wishes.
Please send Mrs. Air to cool my despair.
Please bless yourself to befriend with me….
And, know your real….
Negativity.
Temasek – August 5, 2017 – 01:07am
Picture is borrowed from http://nasher.duke.edu/lightsensitive/ Thank you!
My Life Is….
My life is a meadow in summer! Grass, tiny flower, stream, and all for a fun campsite….
Singapore – August 2, 2017 – 23:15
Picture is borrowed from: http://www.chiquiplanet.com/stickers/fairy_tale.html
Protection – haiku
Under umbrella,
Running am I to a shade
Sheltered protection.
July 16, 2017 – 23:23
Metal in colors – haiku
Adorning body:
They see a witch in pink and
Metals in colors.
Suddenly I see a witch with so many jewelries in her body, colorful metals of many kinds and types: not sure if they are gold or silver or copper or others. What I see is a beautiful witch with beautiful and colorful metals.
Oh I can see many gemstones, too….
Cordoba – haiku
Once upon a time
In Cordoba. She sat still
In the Mezquita.
Temasek – May 29, 2017 – 03:37am (Ramadhan 3, 1438H)
Picture borrowed from http://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres/arte/monumentos/cordoba/mezquita_de_cordoba.html
Canal – haiku
Rain and sea water
Is flowing but not flooding
Danke well, Canal.
Hollands – April 16, 2017 – 11:00
Tears – haiku
Dewdrops on a leaf
Are tearing silence. Green worms
wriggle then fall down.
Temasek – May 25, 2017 – 01:46am
Hero – song
This song by Mariah Carey, Hero has been a good earplug for me. Been feeling so tired of my own self – being not confident with all what I called weaknesses. Until I found that points of weakness are where our strenghts stand out. Enjoy…. ❤
There’s a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don’t have to be afraid
Of what you are
There’s an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away
And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you’ll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
It’s a long road
When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt
Will disappear
And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you’ll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don’t let anyone
Tear them away
Hold on
There will be tomorrow
In time
You’ll find the way
And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you’ll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
That a hero lies in you
That a hero lies in you
Singapore – May 22, 2017 – 00:45
Expensive Proletarian – haiku
Spring and northern charms.
Expensive proletarian —
She’s just in action.
Train from Bourg en Bresse to Geneva – April 25, 2017 – 21:21 GMT+1
Pilgrimage – haiku
April’s olive trees —
Coach 10 climbs hills, making her
Ways to Cordoba.
Spain (half an hour before Cordoba) – April 22, 2017 – 18:55
Amsterdam – some pics
Amsterdam is museums….
And Amsterdam is bike riding.
Some cheese….
Tulips in front of buildings….
Tulips and their vibrant colours….
Tulips and canals….
Gabled houses and canals….
…. Amsterdam is more than what I’ve seen but my feet wouldn’t have enough fuel to explore all things in this visit. See you again, Amsterdam….
Paris – April 18, 2017 – 22:15
Two Weeks – haiku
Tulips are blooming
And I shall go. I’m sure
That you are just fine.
I’ll come back, Buddy. You be safe and be always full. It is just two weeks, long enough for me to pray for the best of this life though. Play and sleep and eat. Please remember me when I return.
Anthony de Melo
Changi Airport Terminal 3 – April 13, 2017 – 00:59
Noble Silence
New adventure will start soon: next trip, my walking meditation – noble silence…. It might not be a full noble silence but it will be two weeks without communication with people of my circles. ‘ll cut off my bond with them for just a while.
Starting from April 13 at 00:00 only smiles and genuine good gestures I’ll perform. Hope I don’t have to speak with someone except when in need of direction because in those two weeks the wind is flying me to West Europe.
‘m sure this noble silence will succeed as entrance passess are purchased – there is not so much need to talk to enter venues. Only need to hop in and out where the path is leading this plane.
All senses will rest yet at the same time they are most active in this mobile meditation – my kind of noble silence. Walking, sitting, lying down, standing, eating, drinking — all done with consciousness…. Hope this is a noble start to live a noble life ahead.
Yes, ‘m starting soon…. Noble silence….
Counting down…
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
.
Info:
– http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/excerpts/view/15042
– picture borrowed from https://www.pinterest.com/pin/396316835936024571/
Edible? – haiku
A cold rainy day
I brought a bowl of heatened rice
For stray. Not edible!
I felt so guilty that what I gave to those dogs is actually not edible. I should have brought better kinds of food. They are street animals but they have the same right as other creatures: eat decent food, live a safe life and be loved with respect. I’m sorry, my buddies. Will bring you good one for your dinner.
Singapore – April 6, 2017 – 6:45pm
I name this guy Anthony de Melo.
Symbol – haiku
Is it to disclose
Or to hide what’s unhidden
That’s so called symbol?
Picture borrowed from: http://java-demos.blogspot.sg/2013/04/using-lambda-expressions-in-threading.html
For more information about the symbol attached, please go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda
Temasek – April 5, 2017 – 00:58
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