Deborah W. Setiyawati




You, Me,
 And Rain


The rain will stop soon

The dance will be over

But that memory

Keep it neatly stored

On the sheets of my mind

Even dry dust

Will never be able to hold it









If You Think

If you think that my struggle is a rebellion

You are wrong!



I just want to restore the lost Eden

Did I  ever say

to tear everything down for a purpose

No ... not at all!



I want to kiss the morning dew again

breathe in the air of the first love anymore

and I want to be like a deer

who drown themselves

in a limpid river

when blazing hit the earth



I just want to restore the lost Eden

We are naked together in honesty

under light called truth

and wrapped in the wind called love

on the overlay of green pastures called hope

under the sky where justice will always be upright



I just want to restore the lost Eden

We are naked together in honesty

in equivalence work on the glorious plan

in closeness, in intimacy



If you think that my struggle is a rebellion

You are wrong!








Women Behind The Door

Give me a key

Then you will see

What I want to describe

... I wrote it down

... I sing

And you will witness

The dance that missed me to dance



Not the freedom

... what I want to celebrate

But a harmony

... which will soon be created


Deborah W. Setiyawati

Deborah W. Setiyawati: She is an Indonesian writer. She has been published numerous times internationally and is currently working on her first collection of poetry. She is also a dress designer, singer and advocate for women and children rights