I fantasize about mosaics of collarbones. Your collarbone. A pit where warm kisses and pearl-shaped tears reside. A memento of long-lost passionate epoch. But someday my pain will mark you like ashes on the foreheads of those who belong to the street. An imaginary tsunami of regret will washed up…

Sanur is a place in eastside of Bali. It’s a shore overlooking the ocean between Bali mainland and the small Nusa archipelago. Life in Sanur is the perfect balance of the slow relaxed lifestyle and the hustle bustle of the city. Initially, Sanur is one of the first few tourism…

I was talking with an acquaintance of mine about opposite-polar attraction vs similar traits attraction. At first, I’m more inclined towards similar traits attraction is the more successful one in terms of attempting to create and maintain a long term relationship. Allow me to explain. For me a long term…

This song has its own place in my heart. Though it’s not my sole and foremost anthem for sleepless nights nor amplified sadness. The first time I heard this song was around autumn of 2019, and it was early morning at Batu Bolong beach. I had a rough night, or…

This song, somehow feels intimidatingly personal to me. I was in a non-healthy relationship. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I had my shares of fun and joy, but then it was once in a blue moon. It was brief but destructive, what can I say? I was too young…

[I]. When I close the door silence rings so loud it’s excruciating. I step into the awaiting bathub, a cornucopia from this maddening wilderness called loneliness. It’s calling me, I know. Water as clear as Sweetwater River, all crystal clear from bay to nothingness. The warmth is calling. …

For the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about going back to read Sylvia Plath’s only novel; The Bell Jar. I discovered the novel a few years ago, but never had the chance to actually read it. Well… until now. This week I pleaded myself to read the book, and…