158. MY BLUE VALENTINE'S DAY

(Credits and appreciation to the owner of this picture)

Today's got to be the bluest day for me
A day when lovers exchange their promises and love
Of red roses, chocolates, cupcakes and candy
Of requests for blessings from God above

Where ever I go RED colors the walls and places
Roses blooms line the five-foot way
Beauties in red stiletto heels and dresses
But for me it's just BLUE and dismay

Have I become a face of a mere stranger?
Have I become an object of yesterday?
Have I become a thing of history?
This cold, sad and blue Valentine's Day!

This Valentine Day is a time of reckoning
I learned the pain of being unappreciated
The humiliation of being forgotten
And of presence no longer wanted

With today's Blue Valentine Day I vow
To no longer wait or expect from another
To no longer be taken for granted
For there's no such thing as 'forever'

Have a BLUE Valentine's Day!

- © M@t@Maya, 14 February 2014

157. PUTERI MU

(Credits and appreciation to the owner of this picture)

Suatu ketika dahulu

akulah Puterimu

yang kau manjakan

dengan kasih nan ayu

Akulah mahkotamu

yang kau letakkan

di atas kepalamu

Akulah permata hatimu

yang kau genggam

bagitu teguh

Akulah bintangmu

yang menerangi

malam gelapmu

Akulah Sang Suriamu

yang memancar

memanaskan duniamu

Tetapi sekarang

aku hanya patung

yang bernyawa

mengikut putaran masa

Aku hanya insan

biasa yang merana

ketandusan nasib

dirundung malang

Bagaikan negara

hilang rajanya

Bagaikan kapal

hilang nakhodanya

Bagaikan malam

gelap tampa cahaya

Aku hanya cangkerang

yang kehilangan maya

setelah engkau pergi

tampa kata-kata

- © M@t@Maya 07 February 2014