soul trash [Ver. 2.0]

Yowidiyanto
3 min readJun 14, 2020

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Artwork by Carissa

i hate

game over

i die and forget

i die and forget and escape

i die n forget n escape n destroy

i jest like a joker

i hunt like a predator

i romp like a monkey

i brood like an emo

i sulk like a doomer

i lust like a fakboi

i whiteknight like a nice guy TM

i protecc like a paladin

i attacc like a barbarian

i rescue like a hero

i scheme like a villain

i lie like a snake-oil salesman

i got smitten like a hopeless bucin

i got cynical like a hard-boiled hardass wannabe

i got indifferent like some random silent reader in some obscure WA group

i troll like a desperate attention whore

i speak like a smartass frog inside a deep dank well

i curl like a soon-to-be-stillborn in the warm embrace of mother’s womb

I

I

I

Me

Me

Me

mix

mixed

mixed bag of cringe and hype and grimdark and wholesome and fail and epic

potpourri of sound and fury and hypocrisy

mixture of garbage and manure

combo of absurd toxic roshambo

mishmash of memes and realtalk

awashed by the tidal rush of feelings

of guilt and giddiness

of pain and pleasure

of melodrama and megalomania

i just can’t understand why you all can’t understand me perfectly

while i perfectly understand why you all just won’t understand me

Me

Me

Me

I

I

I

high

high

high

high stakes

too high stakes

the stakes are too high

time and effort too huge

way way too risky

way way too scary

we all each other refuse to hurt and be hurt

too risky too scary

human, all too human

And today I learned.

#TIL

It’s simply unfair.

To force all of you to understand.

to force all of you to circlejerk with me

To force all of you to cater to my every whim and desire, all against your will as individuals with independent minds and unique hopes and fears.

a control freak, a good friend once said of me me me

And, therefore, I conclude.

That i *do* want to control
everyone and everything around me.

That I do want to bend and to break the rules and get away from the consequences, from the kiss of Nemesis, from cosmic justice, from karma.

ever-greedy ever-hungry ever-thirsty for all sorts of validation from all around me me me

Simply to (over)compensate for my own inadequacy and insecurities and nearing-zero self-esteem and self-worth and self-respect.

All for want of focus, discipline, proper scaling of priorities, and, ultimately, self-control.

Easier said than done.

always easier said than done

All lectures, all pep talks,
all words of self-encouragement.

Words are cheap, after all.

words are fucking cheap

Actions speak louder.

But as long as i breathe.

And my heart beating still.

As long as i can think clearly.

As soon as i get a grip.

As far as i can recall.

As sure as i can tell.

It’s all worth a shot.

live and fail

live and fall

get up try again fall again

And up again and fall and up again.

And walk again, never run.

Walk again, never run.

Never run, walk again.

Worth a shot.

Worth every single shot.

Every.

Single.

FUCKING

Shot.

To live and retry.

To live and start again.

To live and build again.

Reconnect. Reboot. Rebuild.

To live.

And learn.

And love.

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Yowidiyanto
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