"THE SLEEPING SATELLITE"
If time were relative,
then I’d like a pause
for a sense of relief
without any cause.
Let me roam around,
lost in space
freely-whirling with no sound,
my temporary place.
But please,
ask me not to relay
messages to messages
from your planets to theirs.
I’d like to be undisturbed,
just a solitary object in this universe
asleep, but still in existence.
Just for now,
I need to be my own sleeping satellite
to compensate over those restless nights...
R.
Jakarta, October 2019
