Breath of Life 

Why shouldn’t I cry?
If I know your eyes cry.
Why should I not suffer?
If I know you are suffering. 

Don’t cry, don’t suffer.
Let me cry and suffer for you.
 

Life commands our today…
Our tomorrow.
May you not cry and not suffer,
That’s what I asked Life for 

But… Life doesn’t listen, doesn’t listen to our requests.
Life doesn’t know what it’s like to cry… what it’s like to suffer…
Life seems to have no heart, no feelings.
AV ida only… commands our life.
 

  At home. Rio de Janeiro, 10.04.2002
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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