Breath of Life 


I am afraid of happiness.
For me a sign of sadness, anxiety… suffering.

I am afraid of the sensation of joy,
Because life gives us is feeling of being happy
Only for a few moments.

As if we were play things in life’s hands,
Life gives and takes from us our wishes,
As if our feelings were not so important.

I am afraid of the unknown.
The giant, prepotent and magnificent,
Uncontrollable in its wishes, invincible in its evil.

We are pushed through life
As a river in furious despair.

I am afraid of happiness, because like us,
Is dominated by the prepotent giant…
The magnificent unknown.

At home. London, October 1992
 MARIA LUCIA DA COSTA

SCREAM OF A PASSIONATE LOVER

Breath of Life One day I will cry out the cry of a passionate lover, With the same strength that spring arrives, Covering dead trees once more with leaves, And giving life to the immense flowering green fields. One day I will cry out the cry of a passionate lover,...

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WAITING TIME

Breath of Life Waiting time,Time to think,Thinking about what we go throughIn our life.  Moments of life,Happymoments, Unforgettable moments,Spent with José, Isolda and Laurinda.  People with pure and big hearts,People with warm hearts and friends,People who...

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GOINGS. COMINGS…PORTUGAL

Breath of Life Life follows its course: Each one follows their destiny. I am currently going to Portugal at the invitation of my friends Mr. José, Isolda and Dona Laurinda. I barely sat down on the plane and, while people were looking for their seats, I took my pad of...

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GOINGS, COMINGS, GOINGS

Breath of Life Life goes, comes... goes... Minutes pass, hours pass, days pass. So time goes... comes... Life goes on. I see life passing by, I feel the longing squeezing, I feel like I want I want a lot to whom I leave With time it goes Go my life With time I give...

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SENSATIONS

Breath of Life Feelings of a day,life sensations,sensations i feelIn my day to day. feelings of fear,pain sensations,feelings of anguish,Love sensations. If our life were,Made only of these emotions,Experienced emotionsOf these sensations! what would not beOf our...

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DISTANCE

Breath of Life Far from the ones we love, Far from who we want, Very close to what we feel, Very close to what we suffered. Everything so close... And at the same time so far away. Everything so impossible Life so unreal. We dream... we dream... And from these dreams...

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