February 2012
28 posts
“I try to say goodbye and I choke
Try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try...”
– Macy Gray
Por quê?
Por que nascemos para amar, se vamos morrer?
Por que morrer, se amamos?
Por que falta sentido
ao sentido de viver, amar, morrer?
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
January 2012
15 posts
Soneto XVII
No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal,topacio
o flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego:
te amo como se aman ciertas cosas oscuras,
secretamente, entre la sombra y el alma.
Te amo como la planta que no florece y lleva
dentro de sí, escondida, la luz de aquellas flores,
y gracias a tu amor vive oscuro en mi cuerpo
el apretado aroma que ascendió de la tierra.
Te amo sin saber cómo, ni...
“Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to...”
The Laughing Heart
your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will...
December 2011
18 posts
