Lukisan

Dengan apa akan kulukiskan rasa ini

Sketsa satu warna penuh Magenta,

Wajah senja yang berbalut merah saga,

Atau potret luka yang menganga?

Malam sudah membilang separuh purnama,

Pagi sudah menabuh dua belas subuh,

Cinta kita sejarak seberang benua,

Menunggu genderang waktu yang ditabuh.

Kanvas kosong di depanku

Palet cat minyak di kiriku

Kuas lukis di tangan kananku

dan sketsa kasar di hatiku

Senja demi senja terlewat,

Pagi demi pagi terlalui,

tanganku masih gemetar menggenggam kuas,

Menebalkan lagi sketsa dalam hati..

Sebingkai kanvas 'kan berkata

betapa nyatanya warna rasa,

Betapa rindunya jiwa mendamba,

Betapa indahnya cinta yang bersua.

Semua warna ku aduk dan campurkan
Menandai gurat yang tegas, lembut, pelan
Memanjang atau menikung
Semua ku guratkan di kanvas kita

Kadang dia realis naturalis bagai lukisan maestro Abdullah atau Soedjojono
Kadang dia abstrak bagaikan goresan Affandi
Atau dia suryalis bagaikan karya Salvador Dali
Namun kadang dia berbentuk kaligrafi karya Umar Khayam

Lukisan itu bercorak macam-macam
Indah menikmatinya
Karena ia dicipta oleh warna hati
Alirannya kaya karena tak berkiblat pada satu rasa

KJ/KR, 9 Maret 2012

Because you loved me

Because You Loved Me

(Celine Dion)

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all


You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me


You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you


You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me


You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you


You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me


I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

How do i love thee

How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

I love thee to the level of every day's

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

Tatapanmu

Apakah itu madu di dalam matamu
Manisnya tatapanmu mengalahkan jutaan candu
Ataukah mataku yang rabun sebab rindu
Kerlingmu menusuk mengundang cumbu

Menatapmu hari ini
membuatku memerah
Semerah baju yang sama-sama kita kenakan
Entah apa yang membuat tatapmu begitu indah
Memasung kata-kataku hingga aku hanya bisa terdiam

Tatapmu laksana madu
Sama-sama mempesonaku
Dalam tatap yang penuh makna kuterpaku
Menerjemahkan segala kerlip yang berpendar syahdu

KR/KJ, 21 Maret 2012