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 when winter arrives.

 Life, I need to feel
The same joy of birds at dawn,
The same joy of the child discovering life,
And so... to be able to convey to everyone only joy.
 

 Take from me Life,
The constant concern for the people I love.
It makes me trust more in this God who gives us everything,
Even if we don't ask.
 

 It makes me understand, accept...
That my children do not belong to me.
It makes me forget the immense longing I feel for the past,
Accept the gift with love...
 

And the future forgets that it's coming.
 

 

During flight. Rio/London, December 2, 1992
MARIA LUCIA DA COSTA

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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