Tiap hari gagahkan diri
Harung dunia berpancaroba
Yakin pada kuasa Ilahi
Ada sinar menanti kita.
#813 Tentang Letusan Cita
Dari sehari ke sehari
Aku menjadi sang saksi
Mekarnya cita-citamu
Mula dari bara kerdil
Menjadi unggun yang marak berapi
Siapa engkau yang dahulunya pemalu
Kini meletus menjadi sang peneraju?
#812 On Dying Dreams
Flurry in my line of sight
The grinding days have come to bite
And what once shone with yellowed gleams
Has now been sundered at the seams
When all now finally come to light
What will you pay for dying dreams?
#811 Tentang Marcel dan Gereja Saint-Hilaire
Binar mata menatap mercu
Indah bina tersergam mulia
Combray jadi saksi teraju
Sang Saint-Hilaire persada tama.
#810 Tentang Marcel Yang Memuliakan Bergotte
Hati muda bercitadamba
Memuliakan penulis sakti
Kata makna imbau pesona
Megah alam termaktub seni.
#809 Tentang Kekatupan Memilih Arah
Debar pada arah bersilih
Bila tiada landas yang jelas
Kala akal harus memilih
Hati katup tewas terkandas.
#808 On The Permanence of Human Worth
Enamoured by the white heat of the New
Forgetting that the Truth is immanent
Technology seduces not a few
Beguiled by baubles, all impermanent
We wake to find that human worth prevails,
Persists, amidst the churns of Life's travails.
#807 On Joyfully Existing
I told you these things in all honesty
In the hope that these truths will help you to see
That there is a better way to live
A better way to be
Like ships passing each other in the night
We are lonely pilgrims, lost in our own plight
There is a better way to live
To walk towards the light
What does it mean to be a better human being?
What does it mean to experience every feeling
What does it mean to live
To be joyfully existing?
#806 Tentang Patahnya Sayap Malam
Patah sayap malam beradu
Hiba pungguk menanti fajar
Sunyi nian di kamar rindu
Hati hamba luka tercalar.
#805 On Boardroom Battles
Around a faux-wood table we
Make joust with faux-words crisply held
This fierce fracas, a bloodless spree
We lead our victims to the geld
In subtle tones we wage these wars
With bodies piled behind closed doors.