1764

The saddest noise, the sweetest noise,
  The maddest noise that grows,—
The birds, they make it in the spring,
  At night’s delicious close.

Between the March and April line—
  That magical frontier
Beyond which summer hesitates,
  Almost too heavenly near.

It makes us think of all the dead
  That sauntered with us here,
By separation’s sorcery
  Made cruelly more dear.

It makes us think of what we had,
  And what we now deplore.
We almost wish those siren throats
  Would go and sing no more.

An ear can break a human heart
  As quickly as a spear,
We wish the ear had not a heart
  So dangerously near.

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may **** me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Untukmu kekosongan dan kebimbangan
sudah kutulis kata demi kata
Apakah kau sudah tidur nyenyak hari ini?
apakah semua hal yang kulakukan sebanding?

Didalam istana penuh kemewahan, kemanisan
Ditawan dengan rasa kehilangan
Seolah berharap suatu hari
bagai pesawat lepas landas dan terasa lega, sebab kita telah sampai dimana
kilat sinar yang menyinarimu


2025
reydmh

beberapa musim hujan di bulan november telah berlalu,
daun daun gugur dan menunggu untuk mekar kembali, banyak orang datang dan pergi
tidak ada seorang pun disini,
aku kembali menuliskan tentang hidupku
dan memeriksanya,
atas semua kesalahan yang telah kubuat,
dan aku takut,
aku mencoba membersihkan luka didalam diriku yang begitu dalam,

jadi aku berharap untuk melihatmu
bahkan jika kamu dapat melihat saya
saya tidak dapat melihat kamu,
aku menatap dinding hijau dan bertanya tanya
bisakah aku melihatmu sekarang?
bisakah aku memelukmu sekarang?
hanya kamu yang sabar saat aku kebingungan,
Lihat, orang berubah setiap saat
mereka tidak menyukai anda,
hari berikutnya mereka menyukainya
dan aku berharap semua orang bisa mencintaiku seperti dirimu mencintaiku


2025
reydmh