Syurga neraka bukan puncaknya

Tanyaku:
Apa hakikat hidup untukmu?
Pada cita atau pada cinta?

Lalu disanggah,
Katamu:
Takkan hanya dua jalan ini yang ada,
Yang terbuka?
Sesungguhnya
Pada cita runtuh jiwa
Pada cinta badan binasa.

Kau tahu?
Wujud jalan ketiga.
Pada pencarian wajah Dia
Dambaan hamba pada Penciptanya.

Sungguh!
Anugerah bukan pada syurga,
Tapi sekilas pandang wajah Allah,
Yang selama ini Ar Rahim terhadap hambaNya.

Andai akhirmu sebaliknya,
Ketahuilah kau
Hakikat hukuman bukan neraka,
Tapi palingan penuh siksa
Dari Al Mudzil,
Selama-lamanya.

Nur aqli, 2015

A cup of Java with a dash of complicated

I heard from someone that you're a coffee lover.
And so I thought, why not we enjoy it together?
I was happy, even looking forward to it.

But you second guessed me and asked me difficult questions like, "Why do you love coffee?" Or "Why do you want to drink coffee with me?" Or the hardest of them all, "After coffee, what next?"
I was dismayed and sad, because I don't really want to think of all the answers.

I just want a cuppa, remember?

And I just thought that having it with someone else would be nice.
We could talk about the weather,  share on how was our day, talk about the world and see whether we could come up with some solutions. Simple, beautiful, no strings attached.

But now, as I sit here in the familiar ambience of a coffee shop with a steaming cup in my hand I thought to myself, "Oh well. Enjoying this coffee alone is not the worse thing that can happen" while sneaking a glance at the door from time to time; searching for your smile.

Meneka kekaburan jawapan

Berlayar kapal si kayu jati,
Beriring terbang si burung camar,
Dihabiskan hari didalam hati,
Meneka-neka didalam samar.

Tidak diharap pada sang todak,
Berharga lagi sang tenggiri,
Ada yang kena, ada yang tidak,
Tikam jawapan tak jumpa cari.

Lautan luas pelbagai rona,
Sukar tandingi cantik birunya,
Jawapan takdir pelbagai warna,
Sediakah nanti lukis gambarnya?

~nur_aqli, 2015