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Magic Hour

In the days of youth, so innocent and bright,

When Santa Claus was real, with his magical flight.

I’d return to those moments, oh, how they’d amaze,

When my family was whole, in a warm, loving gaze.

 

In the frosty December, with snow on the ground,

I’d listen for sleigh bells, their jingling sound.

Believing in legends, like Santa’s great lore,

In a world full of wonder, where dreams could explore.

 

I’d visit that time when worries were few,

When laughter and joy were the things that I knew.

Innocence like a treasure, held in my hand,

As I danced with the legends, in a magical land.

 

The world was a canvas, and I held the brush,

Painting my dreams, in a boundless rush.

Oh, how I’d return to that innocent place,

Where legends and magic adorned every space.

 

To revisit those moments, where love was the key,

To unlock the magic that still lives within me.

For in legends and stories, we find our true grace,

In the innocence of childhood, in that sacred place.

 

Author: Maria Marcelia Angelica S/204214143

Editor: Desca Geovani Kristi, Ruth Tirza Arina (QC)

Illustrator: Kenar Syalaisha Kanayana

 

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So, It Will

So, it is a plight.
Whose wrath wrongs worlds
Who sings in its own grains
Whom folks consecrates,
In all of its eons. 

A Helios of haste
A Selene ’til Sunday.

In sum of its days.
Whom the Bang bestowed,
Who chanted in its serenity
Whose wisdom wafted wraiths
So, it was a promise.

 

 

Author: Abiel Merari/214214177

Editor: Desca Geovani Kristi, Ruth Tirza Arina (QC)

Illustrator: Ajeng Suci Hati

 

 

 

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Saint and Taint

Saint was a creature, had it been her.

Painted with the crimson sky,

Caressed by the warmth,

Breathing on the hand of Father.

 

Taint was an entity, had it been me.

A torn paper, thrown in a pit,

The shame and the disowned,

Walking in a heavenly hell.

 

Saint found Taint,

Yet she knew nothing about him.

Taint kept himself in secrecy,

As a sinner and a lover, he was.

On the witness of Father, he apologized

And Father took him, forgave him;

Trusting him in the name of redemption,

As He was starting a new page.

 

Taint finds Saint,

Yet she remembers nothing about him.

But, oh, he does.

Taint keeps himself in secrecy,

As a lover, for loving Saint,

As a sinner, for loving Saint,

On every page.

 

 

Author: Latifah Kendra/234214116

Editor: Yohana Satvika Wahyuveda, Ruth Tirza Arina (QC)

Illustrator: Angelita Dayang Diva

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Let There Be Light

Let there be light, let the Heaven roar

As the King has risen, the light poured

The light of the world

 

From the flickers of candles,

To the brilliance of the stars

The spirit came down

With tongues of fires

 

A rushing wind

Gave a new life, 

To once had been sins

 

Let the people rejoice

Let the people sing their praise

For the One who has conquered the death

The beginning and the end

The Alpha and Omega

 

Author: Erica Rafaella

Editor: Desca Geovani Kristi, Ruth Tirza Arina (QC)

Illustrator: Betsy Mariana Agoha

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Sailor’s Journey

Illustration by: Angelita Dayang Diva

When you had a treasure map

You’d try so hard to reach the end

To start, you need a boat, a crew, and an adventurer’s heart

Looking forward to what’s coming ahead

 

A trip ready to be sailed

In a sea full of signs of beware

As 70% of it hasn’t been discovered

Keep in a full guard, or else you’ll feel

 

Seasick, afraid, and even hurt by the journey

They mess you up

Not only physically but also mentally

But hey, keep telling yourself this

 

What lies up ahead, it will be worth it

Every single time you spent living with the fish,

Every space you take to trace around the red line,

Each scenery you sacrifice for a sea wherever you look

 

That should be enough to keep you going

Is what I’d say when we got stability on our side

But we are human, full of hope in finding that chest

That was soon to be ours if it was even still there

 

Once again, we are humans broken by expectations

There will be a day you will fear

That tragedy is on the ship paying a visit holding your gear

Occupying the steering wheel straight to the void of your thought

 

What if there is no treasure chest?

What if it’s empty?

Our trip crossing the horizon would have been a waste!

It is time for us to give up

 

Let me tell you, my crew

I once was a feared Kid

Afraid of failure, of everything to come

The failure took the most out of me and left me to sink into the bottom

Climbing is not a result but a process

 

Hence why, be grateful for the trip

Be grateful thus you are not on this journey alone

Even if it was air that we were chasing

I’d be grateful for this experience of griefing

 

Author: Gregorius Beryl S.S.

Editor: Sitti Aminah Intan Utami & Vonna Meisya Saputra (QC)

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Independence Day for Children

 

Her little hand gripped a knife

Chopping the tobacco leaves one by one

Her lungs rebelled

Longing for fresh air

 

His little hand gripped a shovel

The smell of smoke permeated his sackcloth

He saw his nails turn into teal

At nine, he was told to leave his childishness

 

Her childhood was sacrificed,

For bread to fill the stomach of her family

What was a doll?

She only knew how to operate machines

 

His childhood was sacrificed,

For the three coins given to his mother

What was a toy car?

He only knew how to shovel coals

 

She wanted to be a writer

But what she held was a looming needle

She asked her father,

Was my future just deprived?

 

He wanted to be a weightlifter athlete

But what he held was a sack of sand

He asked his mother,

Was my future just murdered?

 

Their cries were restrained

Work or starve another day

They saw their friends,

slump and die

 

Their inner groans awaken a new generation

Who can be their representative to demand rights

For a new era where they can shout:

I AM FREE!

 

 

Author: Dulce Cicilia Sariri

Editor: Yohana Satvika Wahyuveda, Ruth Tirza Arina (QC)

Illustrator: Ajeng Suci Hati

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A Horror Show

Marching parade of the nightmarish dusk

Busting through the land of the cursed,

Nightly creatures band in rows

Escorted by the sound of the croaking crows,

 

An ominous shadow slithering by the wall,

Up on a hill where the beast crawls

A looming danger hides in the gloom

Came from him who was buried in no tomb

 

Nosferatu, the master of the night, arisen

A chaperone of the lord of dark’s awaken

Awaken, from his unrest sleeps

Hunted for his feast, he creeps

 

O, Renfield, a slave to the Count

Driven into madness

To seize immortality 

Out of his prophecy

 

It’s a horror show

A grotesque scene of a murderous scheme

 

This, is a horror show 

A dreadful tale of October’s end

 

 

Author: Valentina Pascalia

Editor: Desca Geovani Kristi, Ruth Tirza Arina (QC)

Illustrator: Ajeng Suci Hati

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Is It Possible, Mom?

She reminded her of the origin of love

The womb, so warm, engulfed by amniotic wisdom 

Strings attached through the umbilical cord

Now etched in the daughter’s heart


So this is the home she had been longing for

The care from a pair of hands other than her own

Massaging her back until the wind escapes

Messaging in, here warmth, so winter 

will no longer enter her heart, she said


“If this is what you need,

take my fire.”

She flames with no care

to the melting body of her candle


The daughter cried in silence

for her exhaustion felt, too

She has the time candle, too

so many stages to burn

yet so little, for her mother


If only she could’ve been

kinder to her without becoming

less pleasured of a lover

less passionate of a dreamer


To the kindest, without less youth

Is it possible, that she too

build a warmth of home

to pay back

without an upcoming

after death regret?

Author: Agnes Seraphine

Editor : Sitti Aminah Intan Utami & Vonna Meisya Saputra (QC)

Illustration : Kenar Syalaisha Kanayana

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The Awaken of Judgement

As the light around me fades 

The sky darkens like the abyss 

As my beating heart slows

My eyes are closed now the abyss surrounds me

 

Was this inevitable to reverse?

My life wasn’t as bright like others

Blood needs to be shed for my safety

And those whom I cared about were the consequences

 

The blade of justice prevailed

At the cost of my own soul

This was it nothing can save me

My faith has been chosen by the gods

 

My only wish is to live a tranquil life in my next incarnation. 

 

Those words will change my existence forever

Unexpectedly, I am moved to a void

A figure appears from the abyss 

Standing there, menacingly, silently 

 

Am I being punished?

Is this the retribution for my sins?

I stand there trembling 

Knowing that my faith is set

 

The deity appears docile

No words escape its mouth

The deity’s presence is heavy 

A mere mortal like me will suffer

 

Though you have sinned, all life deserves second chances

 

The past of yours was filled with agony

Despair was inevitable 

You shattered your own life

Giving everything even your soul

 

Ending another soul is a vile sin

But to uphold the blade of justice 

You slaughtered those corrupted beings 

With the cost of your fragile soul

 

While you slowly fade

You’ve shown no regrets

Your expressed happiness 

Because now no one will harm them

 

You sacrificed yourself for the sake of others, you truly are a kind being

 

The deity’s wisdom enlightened me

Her merciful grace brings warmness

I feel light as a feather

As I reduce to nothing

 

That chance was given to me 

A new life to come forth

Reborn not as a punishment

Reawaken as a chance to live 

 

Author: Putu Beryl Putra Widyadhana

Editor: Nanda Pratama Putera Tomasila, Vonna Meisya Saputra (QC)

Illustrator: Betsy Mariana Agoha

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La Primavera!

Hanged, Bottticelli’s in Uffizi

There, Venus stares to tempt us

To a grandeur garden, more than thousands of palazzi

Inside, spring awaits us

 

La Primavera!

Spring; it has come!

See the orange of the marigold

That revives the sense of warmth

Which once was shut by the cold

 

Like Chloris transforms into Flora, blossom

Even after Zephyr blows his cold wind of March

We, too, thrive and blossom

After grappling with life

 

The spirit of reborn

The completion of a metamorphosis

Act as a notion

To mark the termination of the crisis

 

La Primavera!

Winter to Spring

Cold to warm

 

A revival of a dead self,

A time to step into the light

La Primavera!

 

Author: Valentina Pascalia

Editor: Desca Geovani Kristi, Ruth Tirza Arina (QC)