Breath of Life 

If my eyes rolled,
The tears coming from my suffering heart,
I know it would never end
With this immense longing I feel.
 

If my eyes showed,
The pain of longing that I feel,
I would reveal to everyone
The secret of my life.
 

A secret that only belongs to me, The
longing that only I feel,
The pain that only belongs to me…
This love that only I know I feel.
 

And so I go on passing,
The days of my life.
Keeping in my suffering heart,
This great longing I feel.
 

This pain that only belongs to me…
This love that only I know I feel.

At home. London, June 1990
MARIA LUCIA DA COSTA

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MY POOR MOTHER

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NOT BEING YOU

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A THRILLING EXPERIENCE

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MY CHRISTMAS ORDER

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