A Sad Thing Poem by Ahmad Arli Hikmawan

Some say life is like a ship
Sailing in the ocean of acid
A voyage coloured with hardship
A journey filled with bullshit

Survival is the most reality
Status measures sanity
Especially one with prosperity
Have-nots are labeled as vanity

One individual will only exist
When other people notice
Like fire with oxygen
Like a narcist with his reflection

What a sad thing life is
If every living soul sees
Survival of the fittest is
The only law that exist

Luckily, human needs to create
To socialize and to debate
To realize and to relate
Relationship and faith

Relationship is connectivity
One connects to the other party
Nothing will disrupt the clarity
As long as both maintain honesty

Relationship is synchronization
That requires collaboration
Each must realize the benefit
Before it actually succeed

Faith is a relationship
That requires complete partnership
It's indistinct and confusing
Yet exist and influencing

Some believe faith is vertical
While socializing is horizontal
Thus, one can remain faithful
While being fool and hateful

Like some murderous extreemists
Proud, sacred, and optimist
Killing in the name of faith
Bombing for a status of saint

What a sad thing world is
If oneself' perspective
Is considered the only truth
While everything else is falsehood