23/09/2023

 Não faça para PARECER bem.

Faça para FICAR bem e para lembrar

do tudo mais que existe.

Wheel of fortune

Better to cry from my bed,

in my country, at my home

for a moment or many a heartbeat

before a new joy

than going mad

while scared and alone

in some empty street

in a land abroad,

maybe with a child

because a mere boy

just gives up and goes wild.

21/09/2023

Is this love?

 How much of this is love?

When despite the world being so rough

and some winters so bleak

if ever he was sick

and needed new air

I wish I could take care

of the man I can't get enough of.

How much of this is love?

When he spoke and I cried

as though I had a real claim

against what could be on the side

to console

and maybe give it in the whole

if there was no warmth in the flame.

How much of this is love?

When there were so many tears

the first night he had to be away,

further away, not out of will

and despite knowing the return

all I was left to feel

was a fire that couldn't not burn,

there, in the dark, in full display,

made of a longing, and of fears

I know I haven't felt in years.

How much of this is love?

When what hurts more in the end

is not the lack of some passion

but the emptiness and abandonment

where there isn't even a fraction

of that love, life and friend.

10/09/2023

Mandamentos

Nada tirará de mim

o que já era meu,

não importa qual seja o fim

nem o meio do que sucedeu.

Tu não arrancarás meu coração,

tu não me matarás -

nem pelo sim nem pelo não

levarão embora a minha paz.

Não será a quebra das promessas

no último segundo, por um triz,

os velhos medos ou inúteis pressas

que não me farão tão mais feliz.

Tu não hás de me matar -

ou apagar o que seja sonho

pois tu te foste e eu vim para ficar

com a intenção do eterno ganho...

Pois, como sabes, sou teimosa

e meu tempo vale cada tentativa

de fazer da terra lugar de rosa

cujo espinho depende a vida.

10/09/2023