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On Poem : The Gaze of Her Eyes

  The Gaze of Her Eyes by  @actinghappy You sound like a distant memory that is just clear enough to remember but too foggy to make out. Feels like I'm getting loved and getting stabbed at the same time. Two more steps down from the stairway, leading me to an old broken wooden door. Searching out for some sort of exit, ‘cause I can't suffer anymore. But before I can even reach the doorknob, I see a small lake reflecting the grey clouds carelessly floating by. Through the small creak from the broken door, I see her. There you are, that familiar figure. I see from the top of the hill, the woman I've been looking for. Once more, as I take another step, I feel my feet go heavy as it sinks beneath the ground. It is turning dark. This time I realize I'm running out of time. I hear myself calling her name softly for the last time. "Lily.." I say. I meet her eyes, glancing at mine as I begin to fall down. I see her running, crying through the pouring rain. Feel my han...

On Short Essay : Brilliant Ways to Prevent Social Media Addiction for Gen A and Society

Bharat Nain once said, “Social media addiction is like suicide in daily instalLments” and also Alexis Ohanian once said, “It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time”. By then, we can assume that social media is not mostly giving all positive impacts but also the negative impacts from social media addiction to the generation alpha and society. However, there are three most effective ways for gen A and society to not get addicted to social media which are to make and use a productive schedule, prevent yourself from social media’s toxicity, and get a new hobby. First, make and use a productive schedule. By making and using a productive schedule, people will be more organized for their daily lives. It's also good for time management. Second, prevent yourself from social media’s toxicity. There’s even some recent research suggesting that most toxic things were from social media and it's not good for generation alpha and society brain development. Third, get a new ...

On Poem : Me, Myself and I

  Me, Myself, and I by  @hanipemimpi My mind is trapped in the ropes of illusion My soul is locked in the cage of fear of black shadows Tears flows like a river that leads to a waterfall Various blows forced me to end my life or face bitterness   Now I'm stuck staring at the track of time Where the line of life leads from the past to the future Fragments of life's memory instantly wrapped around my head Creating shadows thirsting for death and overwhelming sadness   Suicide, drugs, emptiness, pushing myself into the abyss of darkness And suddenly euphoria echoed all around Boundless desire overwhelms the mind, thirst for imagination, ideas, and hallucinations Doing things that are judged to be excessive   When boundless energy collides with deep sorrow, that's where I stand When drastic emotional changes create impulsive actions, that's where I lament my fate Locked up with psychotherapy, imprisoned with drugs, closed with a psy...

On Poem: How Much?

 How Much? a.m How much did you lose yourself in make you feel relate to others? How much did you lose yourself in order to be understood by others? How much did you lose yourself in order to look right with others? How much did you lose yourself in order to be accepted by others? I t’s funny when we make ourselves to be that someone who always suppresses themselves to be kind, unique, fool, scary, fun, mysterious, clever, tough, wise all the time when we know nothing suppresses us to be so yet we also know it is tiring to be so. When did it all start? And now, how much of yourself is left ?

On Poem: White Ceiling

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 W hite Ceiling arc So I lay here on the bathroom floor Feels like I never made it to the shore Ssst, there's a knock on the door Stay still I don't bother anymore Swarm over like I’m a discount store Asking all the questions, I've always wonder Check the pulse, not beating any faster Mother feels my cheeks, it’s getting colder

On Poem: Lonely

Lonely Athiyyah Nur Hanifah Fear, Loss, Negativity controlling my mind each day I used to be a bright sunflower in a sacred forest but the storm, pain, turn me into a dead tree There’s a man standing behind He's the well-known philosopher The one and only, Friedrich Nietzsche He said  “In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself;  in a crowd, the many eat him.  Now choose, kid” “Too late, it's already eating me” I look at him in the eye with the sight of sorrow I asked him a question,  “Sir, does loneliness exist in every part of the soul?” He answers “Yes, it does” He walks toward me  “And when the happiness removed, the loneliness will take the crown”

On Book Review: Sumatera Tempo Doeloe

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  Reviewer      :  Miliani Wulandari (History Education 2020) Book            : Sumatera Tempo Doeloe Author          :  Anthoney Reid    From the 9th century to the 20th century, was the most fascinating period in the history of Sumatra's development. Anthony Reid (a leading expert on Sumatran history) made a book that contains very important documentation to reconstruct the history of Sumatra. In his book, there are notes and stories of explorers who have come to Sumatra at various times. It does not tell the state of Sumatra as a whole, but there is a general description of social, economic, political, social, and cultural changes in Sumatra. By reading this book, we will get to know things we might never get from other official history books, such as when Marco Polo saw and suspected that the Unicorn was in Sumatra (what Marco saw in Sumatra could be a rhino instead). There...