Breath of Life
Life is an eternal quest.
For what we can't have,
For what we cannot touch,
Achieve or desire.
We live the search for happiness
So desired by many
The search for the loved one...
Often difficult to find.
We live in pursuit of power and having.
Willing through power and having,
Achieving that much-desired happiness,
Just like… finding your loved one.
I see in front of me people with eyes fixed on the void,
Eyes immersed in their lost memories.
They stare only at the paths of their thoughts,
The crooked paths of their quests.
Life is an eternal quest.
Happy are those who do not live this search,
And confidently wait,
The right moment when Life brings them what they are looking for.
Waiting for the subway. London, 1998
MARIA LUCIA DA COSTA
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Breath of Life It makes me forget the immense longing I feel for the past, Accept the gift with love, And the future... Forget that it's coming. Joy blooms in my heart, With the same intensity With which flowers are born in spring, And the immense strength of the cold...
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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 happyOnly for a few moments. As if we were play things in life's hands,Life gives and takes from us...
WEDDING PARTY
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THE EYES OF MY EYES
Breath of Life Teresa little doll,Dear girl,Sweet woman child... Teresa with a serene face, with her pretty smile,And with her frizzy hairAlways thrown in the wind. Teresa always present in the difficult moments,in the simple moments...and in the important moments. ...
MISSING YOU
Breath of Life Do not stand looking for me on your way,Sadly I am not here...I am a thousand miles away from you. Do not try to find my faceIn those of hurried people on the busy pavements.Do not try to find me sitting on a deck chair in a park. For a short while I...
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