Dream of my soul

I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.

― Charles Dickens

Tenderness of heart

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

― Jane Austen

One thing certain

I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.

― Thomas Hardy

Yang Fana Adalah Waktu

Yang fana adalah waktu. Kita abadi:

memungut detik demi detik, merangkainya seperti bunga

sampai pada suatu hari

kita lupa untuk apa.

“Tapi, yang fana adalah waktu, bukan?”

tanyamu.

Kita abadi.

― Sapardi Djoko Damono

Coffee + Sandwich

Pagi ini abang minta secawan kopi panas bersama sandwich. Awak sangat handal membuat sandwich, seperti zaman kolej sedang masih belum begitu mahir membancuh kopi kegemaran abang. Abang bayangkan kita menikmati sarapan pagi bersama-sama sebelum awak minta diri ke tempat kerja. Dengan rangkulan erat, abang berat lepaskan awak pergi. Tapi awak pandai memujuk; dengan ciuman hangat di pipi, abang terpaksa mengalah.

. . . 

A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Manis

Abang berjalan sekitar wad. Seorang doktor sedang senyum ketika berbual di telefon. Senyumannya begitu manis di pandang. Dia kelihatan begitu gembira.

Agaknya, begitulah senyuman manis yang terukir di bibir awak setiap kali abang telefon ketika awak sedang sibuk bertugas di wad. 

Manis….dan abang rindukannya.

. . . 

My lover asks me: “What is the difference between me and the sky?” The difference, my love, is that when you laugh, I forget about the sky.

― Nizar Qabbani

Memandu

Sayang, masih bawa earphone dalam kereta? Kalau mengantuk, berhenti lelapkan mata sebab abang tak dapat teman awak memandu seperti waktu dahulu.

. . .

And the writing is still : to you, with you, about you, because of you and for you.

― Nizar Qabbani

All I Need

Sometimes,

your name appearing

on my screen

is all I ever need.

― Wani Ardy

My everything

My lover
My light
My endless night
you
have been
are
and always will be
my everything.

― William C. Hannan

One Hundred Love

I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz, 

or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: 

I love you as one loves certain obscure things, 

secretly, between the shadow and the soul. 

I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom but carries 

the light of those flowers, hidden, within itself, 

and thanks to your love the tight aroma that arose 

from the earth lives dimly in my body. 

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where, 

I love you directly without problems or pride: 

I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love, 

except in this form in which I am not nor are you, 

so close that your hand upon my chest is mine, 

so close that your eyes close with my dreams.

― Pablo Neruda

Our lips raw with love

I will remember the kisses
our lips raw with love
and how you gave me
everything you had
and how I
offered you what was left of
me.

― Charles Bukowski

A space

there is a place in the heart that

will never be filled

a space

and even during the

best moments

and

the greatest times

times

we will know it

we will know it

more than

ever

there is a place in the heart that

will never be filled

and

we will wait

and

wait

in that space

― Charles Bukowski

This is how we spend our weekend

“Bla bla bla kan sayang?”

“Kan….”

. . .

“… and we are in bed together

laughing

and we don’t care

about anything.”

― Charles Bukowski

. . .

They do not understand. I never say I want to forget you. Why should I forget you? You’re my best companion ever, my crush and foremost my lover.

My Companion

I would not wish any. companion in the world but

you.

― William Shakespeare

My favourite

You are my favorite of all time.

To taste your lips

All I want is the taste that your lips allow.

― Ed Sheeran

The Things You Do

You're the air I breathe

You're the morning dew

You're the gentle rain

tapping on my window pane

And you pretend that 

.

It's just not true

But I can see it in the things you do

.

And when the chips are down

and I've played my hand

and there's not another living

soul around

.

It's you - it's true -

Every time - I can count on you

.

You're my safety chute

You're my dream come true

You're that winning hand

that always sees me through

.

You're the twists and turns

in this life of mine that makes

me wanna stay until the very end

.

You see - it's true -

you know me better 

than I know myself

.

And when all is said and done

You're the one who makes me sing

You're the mystery that I gotta read

You're the poetry that keeps me

coming back for just a little more

.

And in this crazy world

full of pain and hurt

You're the only thing

that turns it all around

.

You make the darkness fade

You make it melt away

And I can't believe you stayed

when everyone else 

.

turned and ran away

.

You see - it's you -

In every breath I take

In every step I make

In every dream I weave

.

You're the words I write

that make my heart 

wanna leap for joy

.

every time I see you in my sight

.

You're the warm wet kiss

still upon my lips

.

And you pretend that it's just not true

But I can see it in the things you do

.

The Things You Do 

Michael Traveler

.

5.40am

When I fall in love, it will be forever. 

― Jane Austen

First and Last

I was your first love in this life and so you were mine. But promise me, I will be your last in the next life. 

― Unknown