I Put All My Faith in Us and Now I Don’t Know What to Pray For Anymore
When broken bodies are washed ashore, who am I to ask for more? I had spent most of my life learning how love could hurt, until you came along and […]
Between Grief and Love: The Thin Veil Between What People Said About “Ikhlas” While Losing Someone.
When I go to funerals, I always hear how people talk about ikhlas. “Semoga keluarga yang ditinggal ikhlas, ya.” And every time, I only nod and smile while feeling nothing […]
I Was Born Hungry
I think about you the way you think about a meal you’ve been waiting for all day. Low agonizing ache in the dark, a craving that pulls at the pit […]
Notes on Looking Yearning at Love (One that Feels Sinful)
Like Tantalus, who could see everything with only his face above the water, looking up at a fruit that’s inches away, yet will never be picked by his own hands. […]