Breakfast with Indonesian poet and author, Goenawan Mohamad, and Malaysian Artist, Pauline Fan at the Grand Bluewave Hotel, Selangor, Malaysia, December 9, 2017.
AFTER THE TRUTH NO LONGER EXISTS
To: Goenawan Mohamad
After the truth no longer exists
Why do we still linger here
Preaching the greatness of God
Has not everyone become God for himself?
In the past times, the truth was hoisted
under the banner of the revolution
Brought to the battlefield
With a firm boundary between goodness and evil
But now the revolution no longer exists
War has become a stale story
Today’s truth is a believed lies
A falsehood that goes viral
Who cares, as long as people still believe
The truth has become a carcass slaughtered in a crowd
Thrown into a silent abyss
Like leaves falling to the earth
Hit by rain or a storm
Who cares?
Then, is there anything worth remembering
After the truth no longer exists
Besides the aroma of a cup of coffee
And birds chirping in the morning
September, 2018
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