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

DEATH

Breath of Life Death, I do not want to die.I want to live to enjoy the simple things in life,To feel the sensations of a day,And to love who ever I meet on my way.  Like a flash of lightining my life is passing by.Passing so quickly that I have not felt it pass.I...

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DEATH I WANT LIFE

Breath of Life Death I want life. To live the simple things in life, To feel the sensations of each day, To love whoever I meet on my way. Death I want life. I want to see my children grown up. I want to hold my hand when it's needed, I want to see a piece of me in a...

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TO WHOM I LOVE

Breath of Life Together, we have always followed the same way in life.As one, our souls have always lived.Your smile is my happiness,Your weeping my very deep sorrow.  When I close my eyes,You are always in my thoughts.When I feel myself in deep sleep...You are in my...

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ALWAYS THINKING

Breath of Life Full of curiosity one day I asked Life: "Life, who would I be if I wasn't who I am now?" I'm sure it wouldn't be known as Maria Lucia, Maria, Lucia or Lucinha... Maybe it could have other names, like Laura, Rita or Carolina! But with such different...

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SWEET CHARLOTTE

Breath of Life Life, who would I be, if I were not what I am today?For shure I would not be called Charlotte or sweet Charlotte... As I am known at home.  I could have another names! Laura, Rita or Caroline!But, with such different names, I would not be the sweet...

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LOVERS IN LOVE

Breath of LifeI will cry out one day like a lover in love,With the same force when Spring comes,Covering once more trees with newly born leaves,And bringing life to the huge flourishing fresh fields. I will cry out one day like a lover in love,With the same intensity...

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