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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LIFE MARKS

Breath of Life passing faces, Marked faces. faces that show The life they pass. passing faces, Faces showing in their suffering, Your lost hopes, Frustrations of dreams they had. passing faces, Tired faces. Deep wrinkles on their scarred faces, For another day that...

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MISSING SOMEONE

Breath of Life If I could a day have wings like a bird,And be carried by the strong winds across the sky,To reach you even if just for a moment,Ando so... end all my heart's sorrow.  If I had the power to transform myself,I would transform myself into the spirit of...

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CHICO

Breath of Life Chico coração de criança,Parecendo um menino grande,Poeta amante, cantante,Do verde, da vida do rico e do pobre,Que sofre em nosso país.  Chico de braços abertos, cantando e sorrindo,Veio representar nossa música, nossa terra,Encantando à todos,...

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WITHOUT YOU IN THE PARK

Breath of Life Without you in the park,I look at the sun hiding behind gray clouds,Birds fly a lost flight, without sunlightTo guide their paths and dives in calm waters.  Without you in the park,I also feel no joy like birds.The grass is cold without your body...

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LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS

Breath of Life Happiness... where are you that I can't find you? I've been fighting, All my life to find you But I don't know where you are. Happiness... I need to find you. I know that you are present in the great emotions, I know that you are also present in the...

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I WISH I COULD LIVE INTENSELY

Breath of Life I wish I could live intensely, The time lost in the past, The lifeless past time, The time lost in life. I wish I could live intensely, Because time has not given me its time, Because I didn't feel the time in time, Simply... because I didn't have time....

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