Saskia Harjono Poems

Love is the mind’s doing – and not the eyes' -
and so they say,
the mind tricks, illuminating a pony
to a celestial creature
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For Johannes Leonardo. Thank you for always being there...

This I dedicate to a friend I love so dearly
Whose sincerity is engraved in serenity
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Analyzing the taunting jolts
within the very soul beneath my skin
drizzling in my vein, echoing
from a secret place
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You are the good ol’ days I long to reach
And I hope I’ll get back to those days anytime soon
For now I think I’ve got everything sober
And if you don’t mind me asking, have you?
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For Alvin, a beary special friend of mine...

I cherish each moment we're together
Walking hand-in-hand in laughter
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Wandering alone in the misty way
Feeling uncertain and in despair
Though looking very tough and unbreakable
It takes all my might not to break down and cry
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If I seem to always doubt you
It's more to half believing the fact I thought I knew
So I don't doubt - it was amazement most of the time
And it gives me jitters to my spine
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For Eric Soegyanto. Because you've got all the talents to do lots of wonderful things in life...

Why should you be pessimistic
When you know deep in your heart
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When you're there at every corner of my mind
You are the vision of everything I see
And I'm stranded in between space
Where logic can't follow
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