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Don’t Weaken Me

By M.Arief Wibowo

Lord, why hast Thou made me sentient of love?

It has made me weak!!

Why hast Thou let fear assume form in me?

It has made me blind!!

And this world, where I’m now present

appears to have shrunken me

to a size, such minor, I shouldn’t be

to a shape, such defective, I can no more recognise

Let for a moment,

me,

my wings to expand

Hence I may fly and see

how before me,

my forebears had done

So I may rediscover

what before this,

I once used to believe

I was strong

Why have I now become so weak?

Again, here

I want to stand

Letting not tear dropped

Ceaselessly running

To those dreams I always chased for

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