Nyiur Saka Brata

          My first pet was a little turtle I got in Ancol at kindergarten graduation. My father told me, it was my graduation gift. The turtle was placed in a small house-shaped aquarium, with some stones for my turtle to sunbathe. When I got home, I showed off my new pet as I had just received a glowing trophy.  My eyes lit up and a smile didn't stop adorning my lips. When I eat, I always feed my turtles. "Let's eat together so that we can grow up together." When I sleep, I place the aquarium on my study table, "my bedroom is yours", I muttered while stroking the shell. Unfortunately, my happiness felt so short, I hadn't even had time to give it a name. I still remember how loud my crying was when I woke up the next day. My turtle does not move in the slightest, it is stiff with its head not getting into its shell. My mother tried to calm me down, but I ignored her. I just want my turtle back. I learned a valuable lesson back then. I should...

In a frenetic  life, peace is what I have always sought. I wonder how I can find peace in my anxious life. I wonder how I can find peace in my anxious life. The more I try to seek, the more I lose myself. But as it turned out, peace existed even when I hadn't looked for it.  Peace appeared in my mother's smile that relieved my tired soul, my father's hug that suppressed anger, my brother's joke that eased wounds, and the children's laughter that reminded me of the meaning of life. For me, life is nothing more than being peaceful.  #undira #Englishliterature

A lover once said, Love is an unsolved puzzle If you try to go deep down into it You'll find illogical riddle. So I took a long ride Far away from your sight Trying to make things right To find what's left in your heart. Then I found your charm as autumn snow Makes me falling by the breeze Yet, the cold leaves my body freezing Turned me into failing. Now I learn that you're a ghost who's still breathing And I'm just a shadow who catches a feeling.

            “Don’t cry, be a man.” That’s how toxic masculinity sounds.  Many men hide their sadness just because they don't want to be considered a crybaby. They cry in silence because "only women" can cry. Unconsciously, this characteristic is problematic if you look at them. This statement highlights just how much the issue of toxic masculinity has become a prominent topic of discussion recently. This concept of toxic masculinity that has been around since the 20th century stems from the construction of a patriarchal society that assumes that men always behave rudely and mightily. In fact, toxic masculinity is the pressure on men to perform behavior with excessive standards. Unconsciously, toxic masculinity leads to mental health problems for men because it directs men not to show sadness and complain which means that men can only express courage and anger. In addition, toxic masculinity also describes that men can do anything on their own,...