Resist

 

A word, a melody, the days. cropped-autumn_leaves_PNG3582-3.png

In a world of empty fantasies, she lived without question. She thought of her luck on meeting the right man, living in the right house, raising her beautiful children. She guarded her Sundays to church, her mouth to healthy eats and her best to the ones she saw as equal. She praised the Name in every second, thought of guiding all around to the same path, and never took any no for an answer. All money could buy was on her hands. All was within range.

A man walked on her direction. Dark skin, dirty clothes, desperate and famished. He heard of the woman who had everything, helped everyone and lived by the Name. He approached her for help. “Some food”, he begged. She gazed away in excuses. Hopped in her car, left without bruises. The man cried in the absurd.
“How could one live by the Name and not help others?”, he thought. “How could I live empty?”, he wondered.

Little he knew that her emptiness was greater than his and that while his stomach remained empty, her soul was going in vain.
Little he knew that his soul full of poetry and marks of a tearing life had more compassion for others than the ones with the money at hand.
Little he knew that nothing of that mattered, and that the true grace was to live on clean consciousness, with endless acceptance.

The ignorance in the world makes my words little. Silence is all that is in my head. My heart mourns for the ones who need a hand. My soul craves for justice and understanding.

But today, and even if it’s short, our poetry becomes light and our ideals enough for a fight.

Screw the ones who look down on others
Screw the money you make on the sweat of your brothers
Screw the ignorant and the rich
Resist, my friend, I insist.

Lights

She was not like everyone.

Long passed since she discovered
that her past was haunting her days
guiding her actions, leading her thoughts
leaving marks along the way.

She felt something was wrong
she prayed for it to be gone
no answers, only questions
she ran away without possessions.

Her mind was perforated
doomed, consumed by hatred
her body carried all her scars
she gave her soul to the stars.

In agony and misbelief
she thought of a better trick
gave herself to the nights
hidden from all the lights.

All no one could ever see
was the truth she could not flee
her wounds were still bleeding
her soul chained in tearing.

One step further away
she thought to keep it straight
her body still hurting
her mind still suffering.

Her truth once spoken
now left it all broken
her past treated as the wrong deal
When in fact
they simply did not know her for real.

Strength

Be strong today, my love
You may need it.
Show me what your power is
Take it with you.

Don’t think about those worries, my dear
They only bring you sorrow.
Forget what they say, my dear
Remember there’s always tomorrow.

Let the day bring you light, my love
And the sunset take away your tears.
Remember a new day will rise, my love
Let it go of all these fears.

Repeat it after me, my dear
I am, I accept, I deserve.
Recall these words from me, my dear
Sit down and observe.

The world around you will change, my love
That’s something you cannot control.
You can always grow bigger, my love
Once you start, you’ll see, it rolls.

Your power is stronger than you know, my dear
You can make it better, you’ll see
It may sound like it will never go, my dear
Just give it time, don’t flee.

I wish you good luck with living, my love
I wish you happiness and peace.
May you discover your best, my love
May you find your soul at ease.

Sight

There is a story about a boy who was always climbing trees. He would walk the forests and the hills seeking the tallest it could ever be. When he came saw a tall one, he climbed it and checked out the view. But nothing pleased his sight. Nothing was good enough.

One day, while walking in foreign lands he spotted a very tall tree. Its peak disappeared in the clouds and its branches were long and firm. “This is it”, thought the boy, “I’ve found it!”. He ran to find its roots so he could make his way up. He walked and walked towards his dream.
Night fell, a new day came.

He continued with his mission, he didn’t give up. There was nothing else on his mind. He’d been dreaming about that tree his whole life. He needed to climb it, he felt it in his veins. He had to discover what was on its peak.

One morning, a week later, the kid woke up and saw the tree was gone. There was no sight of it, it’d vanished. “Is it the mist?”, he thought, “Have I gone in the wrong direction?”, he wondered. He had more questions than answers.
He sat down and wept.

The kid then felt tired. He was alone and thirsty and hungry. He looked back and around and didn’t recognise anything. He didn’t know where he was.
He then saw himself lost.

The tree was nowhere to be found. To reach its top was his dream, but his journey was led by a blind obsession. Of all the trees along the way, all beautiful rivers and mountains, the kid saw nothing of it.
They were simply forgotten and unseen.

All the possibilities he could have seen. The different sights, the beauty to the eyes. He’d missed it all, he’d lost himself. And now, alongside it all, the only thing he thought would give him pleasure had also disappeared.
His dream was gone.

Safe Place

She closed her eyes for a second to process the words.

Her mind wandered, fleeing to find her safe place.
The beach, the wind, the sand. The sound of the waves.
Suddenly, it was all gone and she was standing there happy again.
Her safe place had the power of taking her where nothing else could and bringing her joy whenever danger was imminent.
This time, there was no danger, but great sorrow.

She felt the moment, the wind, the sounds.
She saw, then, her face in the distance.
Wrinkled, aged, full of memories and the marks of time.
Her fragile hair flowing with the wind unveiled those friendly eyes that gazed at her.
She saw movement, but she couldn’t reach it.

Stuck in the sand, her feet were not hers anymore.
She tried to scream, tell her to run.
No words came out.
When the storm came, she soaked in.
And the image in the distance disappeared.

The beach, the safe place, didn’t not feel so homey anymore.
No longer in peace, all consumed by rain.
There were more clouds, more hail and snow.
The sunshine was gone.
Safety had then disappeared.

With the safe place gone, she came back to reality
Her eyes wide open, her mind racing in circles.
She stared at the one in front of her.
“It will be okay”, it was said.
More tears, more misbelief.

The inner peace that once lived within
Chose now to be somewhere cloudy
Her safe place was no longer in rhythm
Instead, had to learn how to live without it.

Clouds

He thought of giving up
he felt there was no solution
his heart was beating fast
his mind without disruption.

Such a little time, he knew
such a long life, he felt
so much yet unknown, he thought
can I discover the rest, he asked.

As her hand touched his head
and her fingers reached his scalp
only one feeling was there
yet nothing could come about.

He feared the discovery
give it away, lose himself
beyond appearances and stories
chose to remain a book in a shelf.

Her soft hands slowly distanced
backed off in all the pain
his sighs did not fulfilled
her ears, her heart or her veins.

No comprehension was found
his heart was yet full
but chose it in every round
to trust in silence, like a fool.

Her heart yet so joyful
No longer wished to doubt
Remained, thus, hopeful
of love, of clarity
of a day without clouds.

House of Souls

I saw a place crowded with souls
there were skulls and fingers and teeth
I saw a place filled with tragedy 
traces of a tears and blood and sweat.

The smell was still in the air
remaining still undercover 
their pain ripping apart my own soul
through barber wires and chains and ropes.

The place where once carried the horror 
now brings money and questions
why and how could this all have happened?
weren’t they just human beings?
what fault justifies such cruelty?

I saw a place that can never be unseen
I saw souls hanging around the trees
I saw trees carrying those souls with them 

And in me
it now lies
a witness of a horror to never forget.

The Road

I sit in a bus with a fixed destination 
I sit in a seat which thousands have tried
I stare outside looking for clues
Where am I? I ask myself.

The music out of my EarPods leads my mind
To the place where no one else enters
I glance at the screen inside the vehicle
Nothing interesting, just distractions.

I look again outside
I hunt hints
I miss loved ones
I think of the future
I fear uncertainties
I drift in my mind.

I remember, at last
There is no ground
No sky and no wind
Which could stop me from moving
Which could kill my motion.

And for that and for more
I’m heading south today
But most frequently
I’m nowhere to be found.