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Rotting in bed for three days now.
I was thinking about all the whys and hows,
trying to find an answer.
Maybe if I get up and complete a couple of tasks,
I can beat my temper,
which I always had at the end of the day,
when I realized I missed out on this day too, when I pray.

But today,
I looked deep into my iris in the mirror,
and told myself
today is the day that will differ.
only if I start and be consistent,
everything would be clearer.

Perhaps even by the end of the year,
I can make her proud, my mother.
This time I'll try to stay stuck,
hoping that eventually I'll get my luck.

God will hear the sound of my heart
and provide a bit more strength for my worn out arms.
Over time,
I will reassume to pray at night
from deep inside my lungs,
an opportunity for me to regain the control of my years which was anything but young,

And in the future I know I'll be glad i tried that day when the alarm has rung.
I'll throw every piece of darkness holding me back to the bin.
And as Liza Minnelli has sung,
Maybe this time
Maybe this time I'll win.
Breeze of maple honey
Upon the misty exquisite fountains
A demure Still moon
Like a jazz ballerina
Waltzing

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That jazz ballerina
Swaying here to there
Sway WithIn
The Stillness
Of Our love

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Light,
The light from above has bestowed upon me the urge to dance, despite it all, all, all. A spark has spread a little fire—the music never stopped, despite it all.  

Affection,
Facing slowly—affection all over the floor. Summer has not started yet, but there is heat, devotion, warmth in absence. I nod to the sun. I turn towards the dappled, bronzed skin of mine.

Jazz,
There is something ferocious living inside this four-cornered apartment, where the absence of childhood has taken half my life—but there are flowers, flowers in my head. Slowly dancing in the whiskers of the afternoon—velvety, yes, velvety notes striking the rhythm of my body. Swaying, swaying, almost lost in the murmur of the piano—the saxophone aggravates the thrill in my bones. I look up at the ceiling; colors start to swirl even more. Strings spill like liquid—smooth and endless, more and more. Conversing here and there, I am alive again.  

“Turn your face towards the sun,” they say. I dreamed of my childhood, and the heat of the sun felt like slow jazz in the afternoon.
I wrote this for 10 minutes because jazz made me feel alive today.

jazz is for ordinary people - berlioz
I feel the caress of the evenings
Moonlight as much as we feel
Together alone
The sighs of candles
And the crescent grooves
Of jazz,
Within
the robes of romance
And serenades

As we reminisce
With the Sunflowers rain
Of all the exquisite women
Our love sweetly adores

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A vintage vineyard
A ballerina waltzes within
Glow of Moon Exotic love

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A jazz singer She sings
our blues away With her piano
melody like a Spring butterfly

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The moon dreams
Upon the rose petals
And her crescent hips

They've felt the same
Weary wanderlust blues
and Sweet soothing jazz

The exotic gypsies have all the fun
Under the moonlight and sun

Montage a luminous blur

Sometimes even love is a costume,
At least it sways sweet in the Moonlight,

As long as it sways, the stillness
Shall have no qualms,
It can sway out of any gown,
And dance and prance
With Everybody and Noone around
To its own exquisite sounds

Sighs of Candelebras vintage as wine
Shimmers of salsa waves modern
As a blank canvas and gaze
Love in the plein air
Somewhere artists and revelers
Are popping the corks
Off of Vibrancies champagne bottles

Like neo bohemians in love
With the retro and enchanted rain

Painters are painting with the gaze
Of their palms, enough dust on our souls,
More kisses candle caresses starry mist
and ofcourse more petals to bloom

Still life Still Loves that stays
At least within sweet reveries

Petals and Costumes
Lovers and Romantics
Vantage of the moon is a  golden rose
Bouquet and Jazz cabaret

The diamonds and stars are glistening
For a sweeter luminous shore

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Jazz Ballerinas have a thing for Chopin,
Nocturnes that Cascade with Sweet grace,

Like Painters and Poets have a thing
For Exotic Ballerinas with A Roses Sway
And Loves Blushing face

Somewhere
Moonlight is A Sonata

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