Apprehension

In this world of ours, we seek connections
Beyond mere appearances on the surface
Something transcending mere obligations
Whereby our bodies sleep, our souls rejoice

“How can you lose what you never had”, they ask
How could one hope to answer with certainty?

From conception we are blackened with a task
Looking for the faint light that will bring clarity
People conceal their true selves with a mask
Showing who we are is indeed a rarity

To see is to show and being vulnerable
All the scars of childhood drove us both here
Two of us mirror in what is memorable
Exchange of written words that disappear

Desolation vanishes or so I hear
My heartbeat slows to a crawl as I wonder
Am I again about to commit a blunder?

When the two lost pieces unite they form one
Individuals still, yet they rise above
Our souls shine again as they once begun
With a lack of words… Could this be love?

Work Infatuation

We both have been working in this building
Some days more tolerable than others
The pointers of the clock keep on moving
The sameness of the days conceals and ignores

Thoughts and feelings that in me you provoke
Your attributes trigger my imagination
At your sight is if I hit the brake
Such a beauty produced by this nation

Tomorrow Never Changes

The pain of a heart filled with sorrow
Scars get mixed with the constant rain
Widening fissures in that road, so narrow
Can temporarily be drowned, yet remain

Blue sentiments buried underneath the sand
Of warm smiles that so well conceal
Munich import by the sound of the band
Very early at dawn, time for cereal

Constant changes revealing more of the same
Confusion spins memory of the same
Soft piano riffs, looping, set the tone

Different tempos always ending alone
The tender years of infancy through adulthood
The reasoning for it was never understood

Is there even any sense in trying?
Might as well continue living just for dying

The duty remains, so we might as well pretend

Hard to Believe

In that big and somewhat crowded room
Near a corner were you in a small group
Gorgeous and charming, my heart just went boom
Reminded me that dreams can become true
It took a bit of courage to approach you
Despite that, your wittiness, my mind blew

Having your contact, how should I proceed?
And after meeting you again, I must say
Long ago I thought it can’t succeed
Let’s prove me wrong, you’ve got my heart at bay

Move On

Life is made of distinct chapters
Meant to teach us important lessons
Those are not delivered to us as letters
But as challenges that embarks us in missions

Out of the many paths we can choose
The ending result is generally the same
Being softly guided or getting a bruise
To us is left how to play the game

Memories are ingrained in objects
People and scene come and go as needed
Some are loyal, others leave us cheated

Important to recall and distinguish
The flames of our personal hell extinguish
So to our ancestors can we pay respects

A Visão de Milhas Internas

Entre o caos dos mosquetes e baionetas
Há uma distância que lhe permite ouvir
Da voz do silêncio, verdades profundas
Diante do desafio, começa a rir

Pois diante desta nova situação
Encontra repetições de símbolos
Que aprendeu a ler com sua intuição
Surge a certeza que serão derrotados

Encontram-se já temerosos seus homens
Sua presença tão próxima inspira
Fácil tornando, marchar sob a cordilheira

Pelos cantos, na linha do horizonte
Surge um tipo de força diferente
Sem mais as correntes que lhes faziam reféns

Ao seus próprios traumas passados entender
A coragem faz triunfar por escolher

Ignorar respostas involuntárias
De nossas mentes, em excesso cautelosas

Estamos aos flancos, cavalaria, carga!

Destiny

Born unexpectedly in despair
As the future unveiled through the haze
That the cause was lost and beyond repair
I signed in and found you through the maze

Like then, I have a sleepless night
And you gracefully listen to my moans
As disasters happen this bond grows might
Hours we both spend over our phones

In my most frail moment in the battlefield
You did not leave me, but stood by my side
Even far away, still alongside

Through the vines and hardship love has bloomed
Defying what distance says is doomed
We Wait for the day we unite unconcealed

The Cruel Break

                                                         

Since the day the fog has covered it all

A night away from the great adventure

Felt the backstabbing as in a shock I fell

The rooster remained silent as a gesture

When the realm of possibilities was dark

Staring at the hotel’s Gideon’s Bible

Meanwhile the hopeful fox began to bark

As I shiver with thoughts of her vile

Two of us in the most basic of the rooms

The Mean one was so difficult to care for

A heart attack after how fast he runs

A peaceful agreement reached by us four

The Bully was left headless on the ground

The Fifth was the last and next to the Fat

Suddenly, when the path again I had found

We hugged as she cried, flanked by a cat.

Snow Paths

My wife made this image to mock my preparations and behavior during the historic blizzard that just hit us. Below is my response to the mockery.

By the window I can only see naked trees
Covered in snow, they stand tall
When chaos keeps people out of the streets
As food is not a certainty for all

With a knife I cut the cheese in slices
In a small farm miles from the city
Scavenge for a ration of cereals
The stomach sounds are far from pretty

Three feet of snow keeps my surroundings locked
I stand with the easily annoyed
Casting my dreams as solid as stones

Plowing snow with a regular shovel
Against the blizzard, proud stands the rebel
Helping to build the atmosphere are my headphones

Apunhalada

A súbita mudança de espíritos
Como um freio à beira do abismo
Me causou um choque dos mais violentos
A mudança de tratamento supremo

Conversas escancaradas ao telefone
Com o fino propósito de disparar
Reação negativa o suficiente
Para o instinto da besta despertar

Desculpas para aparente doença
Apague da mente! Quer que eu esqueça
O aceitar de um motivo infantil

Como as sementes que germinam em abril
Queimadas as pontes no aeroporto
Onde a página virou por completo

O Crescimento Solitário

                      

Em meio a duas personalidades
Tão distantes como dia e noite
Surgiu das mais remotas possibilidades
A composição sanguínea diferente

Aparência ambígua teve de lidar
Vetado o ingresso a quaisquer grupos
Ausência paterna com contas a pagar
Paciência esta dos ouvidos mudos

O desejo tão simples e impossível
Período errado e autoengano
Alienação supera o veneno

És pelo mais surpreendente evento
Que reverte a maldição do correto
Zarpando ao seu destino, impassível

The Unhappy Coincidence

                   

Inside I find cover against the heat
The burning sun was always our enemy
The wish to remain silent has been beat
As the world remains spinning around me

The pointers of the clock barely move
All sorts of sound waves fill the air
As strong winds will not succeed to remove
While evil eyes came soon to glare

There to judge me, he calmly lays down
Merely observing, without a word
The sorrow sets in. Rain is the reward

Incompatible seems to be the behavior
Not even the king can be his savior
As only time can bring a new dawn

Demographics

One who puts himself into the position
Of being the victim, whatever might
Will always be placed into submission
Certainly does not triumph only the right

So be the races of the West and the East
Facing again the test of endurance
Not even maintaining their numbers at best
Being dragged and swallowed by tolerance

With age comes the back of energy
The power of will drain as a possibility
Identity surpassing economics.

Traits that hold on to our genetics
Tables have turned in worse situations
For now we must believe in our nations

O Espelho da Serpente

A Grandeza de um homem não se mede
Fisicamente por sua estatura
Mas por não se ater a possibilidade
Eleva seu espírito a altura

No caminho da ferida, cicatriza
O ouro com mero chumbo retira-se
Homem de aço, seus planos realiza
Suas obras mostram que aqui esteve

Deixa-se guiar pela voz do silêncio
Traçando a linha da sabedoria
Que separa a ação da tolerância

Sacrificando bordas secundárias
Assegura a obra em suas chamas
Que contornam, o não evidente cenário

DJ

Sitting by your grave that I helped to dig
The hole that was done on mother Earth
Smallest as it can be, still seems so big
Since it took part of our hearts with

Was drooling, not moving, seriously in pain
We found you thrown down in the streets
You had a sharp, very weak voice
Nevertheless you turned in our lights

With the sounds so dear to nature
Of the time we read together reminds me
I watch the dirt that covers you silent

Even with such short time in our lives
You managed to climb all our stairs
As you stopped breathing your soul reached the stars


   DJ, you died yesterday, farewell my friend.

Jigsaw Puzzle

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Everyone of us has fragments
Memories and thoughts that we treasure
That keeps alive the flames of our hearts
Putting the pieces together with care

We`re two opposite sides of the same
That together matches to make a new
Combining our pasts together in a frame
Simplicity of life that always renew

Away from the grey asylum of coconuts
Listening to mother nature reports
Living with my darling, cats and chickens

My love and gratitude are yours
As big and sincere as Big Bubba is
Marked forever in this jigsaw puzzle

Expectador da Vida

Sinto-me a expectar minha vida
Sem os sentimentos ou mesmo desejos
Minha criatividade foi sugada
Meus esforços pela janela lançados

Um lento retorno pelo qual espero
Ansiosamente para mim retornar
Um boneco não animado, reparo
Cansado demasiado do resmungar

Rostos familiares em minha volta
Rara ocasião em que se permite
Chegada a hora de romper o limite

Como uma folha, cujo vento sopra
De forma que jamais sente-se segura
Ao seu destino esperar sem revolta

Persona

A tal capacidade de armazenar
Personalidades em nosso coração
De muitos se guardar e utilizar
Nos é uma espada contra a razão

Que nos deixa sempre no fio da navalha
Entre a reflexão que nos conecta
Nos trás de volta as cartas de Marselha
Ou nos leva a loucura e a sarjeta

Como as árvores que crescem sem parar
Nos observando e avaliando
Em nossas decisões ficam ao meu lado

A responsabilidade que nos cerca
Nos aliena para fora da cerca
Mesmo nos ferindo pode nos abraçar

Marriage

Every bit of time
I spent with you, my treasure
My overall happiness rose
I welcome you to my heart forever

I battle and die if needed
I want to be your knight
With the noble and shining armor
That reflects the red rose I sent you

In my request for an alliance that lasts
Until the end of our times with honor
Respected by our own families

I don’t care what others might say
You are my past, present and future
With love and respect I am all yours

Victoria

The missing link between the chapters
Blinded by a fable of Medieval Ages
Words of a family yet to build
Left Spain and Italy long ago

Setting foot on Southern lands of Americas
Where all great heroes come and go often
Holy land for the middle Atlantics
We, as a race of learners and observers

Yet the era of the Cold War never ended
Only the chessboard is wider and updated
Warm peace was never our way of life

For the horses to run free in their own way
Our nation must resist the test of time
And for that the herd animals to evolve