(In)Visible Monster

Not under the bed, itโ€™s what sheโ€™s slept with since she was a cute baby.

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I am obviously my own monster; haunting, hunting me forever will be ๐Ÿ’ the best company ever

Love Day

What is love day? 
A day when love is precious?
Only once a year?
How stingy human being is!
To express love only on that dayโ€”

Maybe they are afraid
Of saying love to
That they love dearly.

Maybe expression is
Embarrassing and too low
That they dump it cruelly.

Maybe love is considered a myth
Scientifically unproven
That it is skipped.

Maybeโ€ฆ.
So much maybe.

I will still love
You
In silence
As
Love has made my heart pretty
Although rejection and ignorance
Once made it ugly.

All days are my love days.

To my
Belovedโ€”

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learned love from texts
looked for it everywhere
found it in beauty
the love keeps evaporating to the air that is breathed
melting to the water that is sipped
repeatedly exploding to illuminate the journey
let me sing love songs in silence to and for you
and sweetly silently celebrate it when iโ€™m wishing to be

Singing Heart

This heart sings. Its notes witness through pitch and tempo. Genres of the soulโ€”

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whatever the story is, iโ€™ll tell it musically

A Dyed Heart


This heart is flowing fluid
Filling the soul with
Redness of bravery
And rage;
Pinkness of romance
And lust;
Orangeness of warmth
And attention craver;
Yellowness of glory
And jealousy;
Greenness of tranquility
And envy;
Blueness of peace
And mourning;
Whiteness of singularity,
And fear;
Blackness of mystery
And death.
When the soul blinks,
A spectrum ray chutes down
On to the ocean of mind,
Illuminates whatโ€™s to solve.

Is your face dyed as your heart is dyed, Beloved?
And your words
Your footsteps
Your breaths
Touch?

Or, layers of curtains shade your true colours?

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Green Everywhere

Green everywhere accompanies traveler on the way to a gate.

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transiting for a while ๐Ÿ’• with green everywhere

Well Done

The wind flies dry leaves to where travelโ€™s light and memoryโ€™s full. Well doneโ€”

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big lunch before big laundry โ€” well done!
ready mussels
done!
roasting potato
on medium fire, donโ€™t add water
sautรฉ
(not so) fresh green mussels
carrot & celery
garlic & ginger
big basket of laundry after big lunch ๐Ÿ˜Š well done!

Greed

All have right to live, yet some by greedily eating up others. Sigh.

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the rose apple leaves in my front yard are helplessly eaten up by locusts
the tree is not as productive as before but the fruits are still sweet and freshโ€ฆ.
โ€ฆ.and so many flowers are coming out, ready to bloom

Broken

Whatโ€™s brokenโ€™s broken until connected again. Never be the sameโ€”

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one of my gorgeous ceramic plates was broken; now iโ€™m thinking of learning how to fix it

Floating So High

Keeping afloat, buoyant freely swaying playing the waves in the skyโ€”

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Coldplay never fails me

Iโ€™m Ready

Tell the sun rising and setting that Iโ€™m ready anytime: morning, night and dayโ€” to present whatโ€™s best in my humble life.

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๐Ÿ’— welcoming rising sun
๐Ÿ’— escorting the sun to sleep
๐Ÿ’• you can destroy the branches but you canโ€™t kill the tree with healthy roots
๐Ÿ’• so full and filled

Library

Curated sources of knowledge is a vast deep ocean to dive in.

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A few from Topkapi Palace

construction inscription
dome inside
reading quarter
reading quarter

Those Love Around

You donโ€™t need so much love to find love around. Make it with a little love.

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playing buddies
mama dog ๐Ÿ’•
cool
like a log
slurp!
can you spot 2 cats?
one guarding a headless god
strolling
my Bob looks like this one ๐Ÿ’—
brrr!
tux cat on carpet
ginger waiting for lunch

Bird Eye View

Fly. See land from above. Wide, broad, one whole. Bird eye, one gift from heavenโ€”

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bird eye view

Journey

A journey starts. A journey ends. A route is colourful when observedโ€”

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up!
up!
up!
up!
downโ€ฆ.
ready to land!

A Loving Visit

A loving visit beyond time and space. Salaam. Universe answers.

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about the museum
beloved
beloved
beloved
when youโ€™re loved, people still visit you even when youโ€™re nowhere ๐Ÿ’
when youโ€™re loved, youโ€™re taken care of even when youโ€™re nowhere
beloved – visiting him with love, see you again
beloved – visiting him with love, see you again

Written

Written on this soul, your footsteps making sweet songs sung by the green birds.

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a calligraphy about โ€˜Izzah (honour, dignity, respect) in Ulucami Grand Mosque, Bursa
standing firm with a blessed smile
a short visit is ok ๐Ÿ˜ฏ
and then riding cable car to Uludag Mountain

Travel

Travel light is fun,
With so little to carry.
Prancing deer,
Safe in the forest,
No tiger,
No bear,
Just green and breeze.

Travel full is peace,
With all so prepared.
Walking elephant,
Graceful in the desert,
No hyena,
No lion,
Just sun and breeze.

Letโ€™s travel
With light heart,
Flying eagle,
Free in the high,
No storm,
No lightning,
Just blue and breeze.

Letโ€™s travel
With full heart,
Humming alpaca,
Peaceful in the hill,
No distress,
No agitation,
Just earth and breeze.

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distracted between travel light and travel full ๐Ÿฅธ
decided with travel full ๐Ÿ˜Ž so full!

Rayuan Pulau Kelapa

There is mother whom you were born by, biological mother. There is mother where you are part of a history, motherland.

wherever I am, wherever I go, with whomever, you are my motherland โ€” Indonesia โ€” I am blessed to be part of you how much ever it is โ€” thank you โ€” ๐Ÿ’
Tanah airku Indonesia
Negeri elok amat kucinta
Tanah tumpah darahku yang mulia
Yang kupuja sepanjang masa
Tanah airku aman dan makmur
Pulau kelapa yang amat subur
Pulau melati pujaan bangsa
Sejak dulu kala
Melambai lambai
Nyiur di pantai
Berbisik bisik
Raja Kelana
Memuja pulau
Nan indah permai
Tanah Airku
Indonesia

Your Eyes

Your eyes, Beloved
Drown me to a depth of soul
Where you hide nowhere.

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are your eyes still the same? ๐Ÿ˜ sometimes you need to change your profile picture to show how your eyes wise up ๐Ÿ˜

CNY Is An Inch Away

Another new year with another long weekend. Added holidayโ€”

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most of us will take a leave to have a longer break esp combined with CNY holiday โ€” iโ€™ve gotta start packing ๐Ÿ˜ Happy (another) New Year! dream come true!
seeing solanum in a flower arrangement is rare blessings
2023 is my year; major dreams come true! ๐Ÿ’