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A vida, há não sei dizer quanto tempo,
Tem-se mostrado uma interminável batalha.
Conseguir ouvir a razão sem abafar o sentir
Conseguir sentir sem por ele ser consumida
Inteiramente.


Não quero mais escrever poesia de guerra
Nem fazer da poesia uma guerra de amor
Só vale o que eu deixar que valha.
E escrevo-o aqui, as desculpas de merda não valem
Nem valeriam se fossem desculpas muitíssimo boas
Se estou a perder a cabeça vou atrás dela e
Encaixo-a de novo no pescoço e
Bato com ela nas paredes até tornar a funcionar
Não a ajudo a ir. Não.


Não quero continuar a perguntar-me à noite
O que raio é que estou a fazer
Que vida é esta que escolho e não vivo
Que não vivo por a escolher incessantemente.
Não se pode querer paz e respostas
E por ambas querer nenhuma tenho
Só a mim e ao silêncio que não deixo existir.


Não quero. Não sei o que quero mas
Não quero isto. Querer isto não
Me deixa querer mais nada.
Nem a mim. Especialmente a mim.
E tenho que me querer a mim
Antes de querer qualquer outra coisa.
28-02-2017
Susana Nov 2014
Está a ficar tarde, e tu atrasaste-te outra vez
Já respirei fundo e contei até três.
Mas de nada me serviu.

Nós caminhamos numa ténue linha
E ela está a começar a romper
Ainda nem tivemos tempo para nos conhecer.

Sei que é ingénuo da minha parte pensar em algo mais
Quando de mim só dou o que quero
Mas de ti tudo espero.

Estamos a chegar ao fim.
Tens mais alguma coisa a dizer?

Talvez deveríamos ter escrito um parágrafo
E acabámos a meio de uma frase.
aldo kraas Aug 2023
Estou cheio das suas desculpas
My friends
When it comes to support me
In my daily life
You tell me you just don’t have
The time for
Yes you have a very busy life
I know that you can make some time
For me
But I feel that I am not
Priority for you
You have other things
In you life that is more important
What about when I am sick
Would you be there for me?
Because I won’t be able to take care of
Myself
Also if I through a party
I know that you will always be there
Because you will be getting
Some free drinks
And also free food
But I know that the day I day
You will have time for me
You will come to my funeral
To pay you last respect for me
And I know that you all
Will be sad to see
Me living the earth
There will come  one angel
That my father send down from
Heaven to pick me up
And carry me on his wings to heaven
Also friends I will be living in heaven
My new life
That will be better than on earth
Also friends I trust my father
During the nights I will be sleeping
In my brass bed
That is inside my bedroom in heaven
And my father the next day he will
Wake me up early
Then I will get ready to start the day
First I will shave my face with the
Electric shaver
Then i will remove my ***** cotton robe
And my underwear and place it inside
The laundry bag to wash
Then I will go naked in the shower
I will rub the bar of soap into my skin
And the soap will remove the dirt
From my skin
Then I will rinse the soap from
My skin
Then it is over my shower
I will turn the shower of
Then I will dry my body with the
Bath towel
And I wear a underwear on my
Body
Then I will put a fresh cotton robe
On my body
And on my feet I will wear my leather sandal
God’s servants are now feeding our breakfast
In the dining room in heaven
The servant’s cooked a breakfast fit for a king
After breakfast
I helped my father to clean his garden
We both removed the Weeds from the garden
That had also taken up some room from the roses
It took as four hours to remove the weeds from the garden
It was a hard and tiring job
But it needed to be done
After we removed the weeds
We water the garden
And now was lunch time in heaven
Today for lunch we head
Tuna casserole
It was one of our favorite meal
After lunch I had my knap
Because I was tired
And I had skipped dinner
So I slept all through the night
I never got up once during the night
I must say that I slept like a log
aldo kraas Aug 2023
Estou cheio das suas desculpas
My friends
When it comes to support me
In my daily life
You tell me you just don’t have
The time for
Yes you have a very busy life
I know that you can make some time
For me
But I feel that I am not
Priority for you
You have other things
In you life that is more important
What about when I am sick
Would you be there for me?
Because I won’t be able to take care of
Myself
Also if I through a party
I know that you will always be there
Because you will be getting
Some free drinks
And also free food
But I know that the day I day
You will have time for me
You will come to my funeral
To pay you last respect for me
And I know that you all
Will be sad to see
Me living the earth
There will come one angel
That my father send down from
Heaven to pick me up
And carry me on his wings to heaven
Also friends I will be living in heaven
My new life
That will be better than on earth
Also friends I trust my father
During the nights I will be sleeping
In my brass bed
That is inside my bedroom in heaven
And my father the next day he will
Wake me up early
Then I will get ready to start the day
First I will shave my face with the
Electric shaver
Then i will remove my ***** cotton robe
And my underwear and place it inside
The laundry bag to wash
Then I will go naked in the shower
I will rub the bar of soap into my skin
And the soap will remove the dirt
From my skin
Then I will rinse the soap from
My skin
Then it is over my shower
I will turn the shower of
Then I will dry my body with the
Bath towel
And I wear a underwear on my
Body
Then I will put a fresh cotton robe
On my body
And on my feet I will wear my leather sandal
God’s servants are now feeding our breakfast
In the dining room in heaven
The servant’s cooked a breakfast fit for a king
After breakfast
I helped my father to clean his garden
We both removed the Weeds from the garden
That had also taken up some room from the roses
It took as four hours to remove the weeds from the garden
It was a hard and tiring job
But it needed to be done
After we removed the weeds
We water the garden
And now was lunch time in heaven
Today for lunch we head
Tuna casserole
It was one of our favorite meal
After lunch I had my knap
Because I was tired
And I had skipped dinner
So I slept all through the night
I never got up once during the night
I must say that I slept like a log
aldo kraas Sep 2023
Estou cheio das suas desculpas
My friends
When it comes to support me
In my daily life
You tell me you just don’t have
The time for
Yes you have a very busy life
I know that you can make some time
For me
But I feel that I am not
Priority for you
You have other things
In you life that is more important
What about when I am sick
Would you be there for me?
Because I won’t be able to take care of
Myself
Also if I through a party
I know that you will always be there
Because you will be getting
Some free drinks
And also free food
But I know that the day I day
You will have time for me
You will come to my funeral
To pay you last respect for me
And I know that you all
Will be sad to see
Me living the earth
There will come  one angel
That my father send down from
Heaven to pick me up
And carry me on his wings to heaven
Also friends I will be living in heaven
My new life
That will be better than on earth
Also friends I trust my father
During the nights I will be sleeping
In my brass bed
That is inside my bedroom in heaven
And my father the next day he will
Wake me up early
Then I will get ready to start the day
First I will shave my face with the
Electric shaver
Then i will remove my ***** cotton robe
And my underwear and place it inside
The laundry bag to wash
Then I will go naked in the shower
I will rub the bar of soap into my skin
And the soap will remove the dirt
From my skin
Then I will rinse the soap from
My skin
Then it is over my shower
I will turn the shower of
Then I will dry my body with the
Bath towel
And I wear a underwear on my
Body
Then I will put a fresh cotton robe
On my body
And on my feet I will wear my leather sandal
God’s servants are now feeding our breakfast
In the dining room in heaven
The servant’s cooked a breakfast fit for a king
After breakfast
I helped my father to clean his garden
We both removed the Weeds from the garden
That had also taken up some room from the roses
It took as four hours to remove the weeds from the garden
It was a hard and tiring job
But it needed to be done
After we removed the weeds
We water the garden
And now was lunch time in heaven
Today for lunch we head
Tuna casserole
It was one of our favorite meal
After lunch I had my knap
Because I was tired
And I had skipped dinner
So I slept all through the night
I never got up once during the night
I must say that I slept like a log
aldo kraas Sep 2023
Estou cheio das suas desculpas
My friends
When it comes to support me
In my daily life
You tell me you just don’t have
The time for it
Yes you have a very busy life
I know that you can make some time
For me
But I feel that I am not
Priority for you
You have other things
In you life that is more important
What about when I am sick
Would you be there for me?
Because I won’t be able to take care of
Myself
Also if I through a party
I know that you will always be there
Because you will be getting
Some free drinks
And also free food
But I know that the day I day
You will have time for me
You will come to my funeral
To pay you last respect for me
And I know that you all
Will be sad to see
Me living the earth
There will come  one angel
That my father send down from
Heaven to pick me up
And carry me on his wings to heaven
Also friends I will be living in heaven
My new life
That will be better than on earth
Also friends I trust my father
During the nights I will be sleeping
In my brass bed
That is inside my bedroom in heaven
And my father the next day he will
Wake me up early
Then I will get ready to start the day
First I will shave my face with the
Electric shaver
Then i will remove my ***** cotton robe
And my underwear and place it inside
The laundry bag to wash
Then I will go naked in the shower
I will rub the bar of soap into my skin
And the soap will remove the dirt
From my skin
Then I will rinse the soap from
My skin
Then it is over my shower
I will turn the shower of
Then I will dry my body with the
Bath towel
And I wear a underwear on my
Body
Then I will put a fresh cotton robe
On my body
And on my feet I will wear my leather sandal
God’s servants are now feeding our breakfast
In the dining room in heaven
The servant’s cooked a breakfast fit for a king
After breakfast
I helped my father to clean his garden
We both removed the Weeds from the garden
That had also taken up some room from the roses
It took as four hours to remove the weeds from the garden
It was a hard and tiring job
But it needed to be done
After we removed the weeds
We water the garden
And now was lunch time in heaven
Today for lunch we head
Tuna casserole
It was one of our favorite meal
After lunch I had my knap
Because I was tired
And I had skipped dinner
So I slept all through the night
I never got up once during the night
I must say that I slept like a log
aldo kraas Sep 2023
Estou cheio das suas desculpas
My friends
When it comes to support me
In my daily life
You tell me you just don’t have
The time for
Yes you have a very busy life
I know that you can make some time
For me
But I feel that I am not
Priority for you
You have other things
In you life that is more important
What about when I am sick
Would you be there for me?
Because I won’t be able to take care of
Myself
Also if I through a party
I know that you will always be there
Because you will be getting
Some free drinks
And also free food
But I know that the day I day
You will have time for me
You will come to my funeral
To pay you last respect for me
And I know that you all
Will be sad to see
Me living the earth
There will come one angel
That my father send down from
Heaven to pick me up
And carry me on his wings to heaven
Also friends I will be living in heaven
My new life
That will be better than on earth
Also friends I trust my father
During the nights I will be sleeping
In my brass bed
That is inside my bedroom in heaven
And my father the next day he will
Wake me up early
Then I will get ready to start the day
First I will shave my face with the
Electric shaver
Then i will remove my ***** cotton robe
And my underwear and place it inside
The laundry bag to wash
Then I will go naked in the shower
I will rub the bar of soap into my skin
And the soap will remove the dirt
From my skin
Then I will rinse the soap from
My skin
Then it is over my shower
I will turn the shower of
Then I will dry my body with the
Bath towel
And I wear a underwear on my
Body
Then I will put a fresh cotton robe
On my body
And on my feet I will wear my leather sandal
God’s servants are now feeding our breakfast
In the dining room in heaven
The servant’s cooked a breakfast fit for a king
After breakfast
I helped my father to clean his garden
We both removed the Weeds from the garden
That had also taken up some room from the roses
It took as four hours to remove the weeds from the garden
It was a hard and tiring job
But it needed to be done
After we removed the weeds
We water the garden
And now was lunch time in heaven
Today for lunch we head
Tuna casserole
It was one of our favorite meal
After lunch I had my knap
Because I was tired
And I had skipped dinner
So I slept all through the night
I never got up once during the night
I must say that I slept like a log
aldo kraas Aug 2023
Estou cheio das suas desculpas
My friends
When it comes to support me
In my daily life
You tell me you just don’t have
The time for
Yes you have a very busy life
I know that you can make some time
For me
But I feel that I am not
Priority for you
You have other things
In you life that is more important
What about when I am sick
Would you be there for me?
Because I won’t be able to take care of
Myself
Also if I through a party
I know that you will always be there
Because you will be getting
Some free drinks
And also free food
But I know that the day I day
You will have time for me
You will come to my funeral
To pay you last respect for me
And I know that you all
Will be sad to see
Me living the earth
There will come  one angel
That my father send down from
Heaven to pick me up
And carry me on his wings to heaven
Also friends I will be living in heaven
My new life
That will be better than on earth
Also friends I trust my father
During the nights I will be sleeping
In my brass bed
That is inside my bedroom in heaven
And my father the next day he will
Wake me up early
Then I will get ready to start the day
First I will shave my face with the
Electric shaver
Then i will remove my ***** cotton robe
And my underwear and place it inside
The laundry bag to wash
Then I will go naked in the shower
I will rub the bar of soap into my skin
And the soap will remove the dirt
From my skin
Then I will rinse the soap from
My skin
Then it is over my shower
I will turn the shower of
Then I will dry my body with the
Bath towel
And I wear a underwear on my
Body
Then I will put a fresh cotton robe
On my body
And on my feet I will wear my leather sandal
God’s servants are now feeding our breakfast
In the dining room in heaven
The servant’s cooked a breakfast fit for a king
After breakfast
I helped my father to clean his garden
We both removed the Weeds from the garden
That had also taken up some room from the roses
It took as four hours to remove the weeds from the garden
It was a hard and tiring job
But it needed to be done
After we removed the weeds
We water the garden
And now was lunch time in heaven
Today for lunch we head
Tuna casserole
It was one of our favorite meal
After lunch I had my knap
Because I was tired
And I had skipped dinner
So I slept all through the night
I never got up once during the night
I must say that I slept like a log
aldo kraas Sep 2023
Estou cheio das suas desculpas
My friends
When it comes to support me
In my daily life
You tell me you just don’t have
The time for me
Yes you have a very busy life
I know that you can make some time
For me
But I feel that I am not
Priority for you
You have other things
In you life that is more important
What about when I am sick
Would you be there for me?
Because I won’t be able to take care of
Myself
Also if I through a party
I know that you will always be there
Because you will be getting
Some free drinks
And also free food
But I know that the day I day
You will have time for me
You will come to my funeral
To pay you last respect for me
And I know that you all
Will be sad to see
Me living the earth
There will come one angel
That my father send down from
Heaven to pick me up
And carry me on his wings to heaven
Also friends I will be living in heaven
My new life
That will be better than on earth
Also friends I trust my father
During the nights I will be sleeping
In my brass bed
That is inside my bedroom in heaven
And my father the next day he will
Wake me up early
Then I will get ready to start the day
First I will shave my face with the
Electric shaver
Then I will remove my ***** cotton robe
And my underwear and place it inside
The laundry bag to wash
Then I will go naked in the shower
I will rub the bar of soap into my skin
And the soap will remove the dirt
From my skin
Then I will rinse the soap from
My skin
Then it is over my shower
I will turn the shower of
Then I will dry my body with the
Bath towel
And I wear a underwear on my
Body
Then I will put a fresh cotton robe
On my body
And on my feet I will wear my leather sandal
God’s servants are now feeding our breakfast
In the dining room in heaven
The servant’s cooked a breakfast fit for a king
After breakfast
I helped my father to clean his garden
We both removed the Weeds from the garden
That had also taken up some room from the roses
It took as four hours to remove the weeds from the garden
It was a hard and tiring job
But it needed to be done
After we removed the weeds
We water the garden
And now was lunch time in heaven
Today for lunch we head
Tuna casserole
It was one of our favorite meal
After lunch I had my knap
Because I was tired
And I had skipped dinner
So I slept all through the night
I never got up once during the night
I must say that I slept like a log
aldo kraas Oct 2023
Gente fina
Estou cheio das suas desculpas
My friends
When it comes to support me
In my daily life
You tell me you just don’t have
The time for me
Yes you have a very busy life
I know that you can make some time
For me
But I feel that I am not
Priority for you
You have other things
In you life that is more important
What about when I am sick
Would you be there for me?
Because I won’t be able to take care of
Myself
Also if I through a party
I know that you will always be there
Because you will be getting
Some free drinks
And also free food
But I know that the day I day
You will have time for me
You will come to my funeral
To pay you last respect for me
And I know that you all
Will be sad to see
Me living the earth
There will come one angel
That my father send down from
Heaven to pick me up
And carry me on his wings to heaven
Also friends I will be living in heaven
My new life
That will be better than on earth
Also friends I trust my father
During the nights I will be sleeping
In my brass bed
That is inside my bedroom in heaven
And my father the next day he will
Wake me up early
Then I will get ready to start the day
First I will shave my face with the
Electric shaver
Then I will remove my ***** cotton robe
And my underwear and place it inside
The laundry bag to wash
Then I will go naked in the shower
I will rub the bar of soap into my skin
And the soap will remove the dirt
From my skin
Then I will rinse the soap from
My skin
Then it is over my shower
I will turn the shower of
Then I will dry my body with the
Bath towel
And I wear a underwear on my
Body
Then I will put a fresh cotton robe
On my body
And on my feet I will wear my leather sandal
God’s servants are now feeding our breakfast
In the dining room in heaven
The servant’s cooked a breakfast fit for a king
After breakfast
I helped my father to clean his garden
We both removed the Weeds from the garden
That had also taken up some room from the roses
It took as four hours to remove the weeds from the garden
It was a hard and tiring job
But it needed to be done
After we removed the weeds
We water the garden
And now was lunch time in heaven
Today for lunch we head
Tuna casserole
It was one of our favorite meal
After lunch I had my knap
Because I was tired
And I had skipped dinner
So I slept all through the night
I never got up once during the night
I must say that I slept like a log
aldo kraas Sep 2023
Gente fina
Estou cheio das suas desculpas
My friends
When it comes to support me
In my daily life
You tell me you just don’t have
The time for me
Yes you have a very busy life
I know that you can make some time
For me
But I feel that I am not
Priority for you
You have other things
In you life that is more important
What about when I am sick
Would you be there for me?
Because I won’t be able to take care of
Myself
Also if I through a party
I know that you will always be there
Because you will be getting
Some free drinks
And also free food
But I know that the day I day
You will have time for me
You will come to my funeral
To pay you last respect for me
And I know that you all
Will be sad to see
Me living the earth
There will come one angel
That my father send down from
Heaven to pick me up
And carry me on his wings to heaven
Also friends I will be living in heaven
My new life
That will be better than on earth
Also friends I trust my father
During the nights I will be sleeping
In my brass bed
That is inside my bedroom in heaven
And my father the next day he will
Wake me up early
Then I will get ready to start the day
First I will shave my face with the
Electric shaver
Then i will remove my ***** cotton robe
And my underwear and place it inside
The laundry bag to wash
Then I will go naked in the shower
I will rub the bar of soap into my skin
And the soap will remove the dirt
From my skin
Then I will rinse the soap from
My skin
Then it is over my shower
I will turn the shower of
Then I will dry my body with the
Bath towel
And I wear a underwear on my
Body
Then I will put a fresh cotton robe
On my body
And on my feet I will wear my leather sandal
God’s servants are now feeding our breakfast
In the dining room in heaven
The servant’s cooked a breakfast fit for a king
After breakfast
I helped my father to clean his garden
We both removed the Weeds from the garden
That had also taken up some room from the roses
It took as four hours to remove the weeds from the garden
It was a hard and tiring job
But it needed to be done
After we removed the weeds
We water the garden
And now was lunch time in heaven
Today for lunch we head
Tuna casserole
It was one of our favorite meal
After lunch I had my knap
Because I was tired
And I had skipped dinner
So I slept all through the night
I never got up once during the night
I must say that I slept like a log
I - A Entrada

Abrem-se as portadas, para que todas as partes de mim possam entrar.
Entro, a custo, na sala escura do meu palácio mental. As portas já se tornaram difíceis de empurrar,
pelo pouco uso a que as tenho condenado.
Não me sinto preparada. Nem sei se algum dia hei-de estar. Contudo, uma vez que os pés já atravessaram para o lado de lá, roubei-me a opção de fazer o resto do corpo recuar.
     Lá vou eu, sentar-me na mesa redonda do Eu.
Sinto mil olhos pousados em mim. Todos curiosos e com intenção de me analisar. Todos prontos para me dissecar. Logo Eu, que prefiro ter objetos de estudo, em vez de ser o objeto estudado. Então, tenho de me contrariar. Desta vez, não posso fechar-me na concha à espera que alguém a venha rebentar. Preciso de estar exposta a este desconforto. Sou a paciente. A que tem de manter os olhos abertos
enquanto lhe remexem o cérebro à procura do tumor que me está a matar.
Quase podia jurar que seria visível a todos, este peso que circula no ar,

um peso tão denso que podia ser cortado ao meio.
                  
      Mas só a mim veio cortar.

Olho em volta, a mesa está cheia de mim, não sobra um único lugar. Todas me observam, como se achassem que sei exatamente o que preciso de falar. Mas, não sei.
Tenho a firme sensação que estou prestes a ter de me enfrentar. É como se todas esperassem que, finalmente, me confessasse. Mas, não sei o quê.
Ou talvez saiba.
Ou talvez ainda me sinta demasiado fraca para o proclamar.
Sento-me na única cadeira da sala que dá para girar.
Estarão as outras mais firmes - ou serei eu que já perdi o chão?
Destravo as rodas, dou um balanço nervoso, preciso de uma distração que me ajude a começar.

Atenção a todas!
Silêncio na sala. Está na altura de confessar.

II - O Funeral

Antes de mais, devo-vos um pedido de perdão.
Sei que tenho estado propositadamente adormecida,
           num coma auto-induzido,
           uma anestesia emocional
para que consiga continuar a caminhar. Desprovida da essência dual e humana que tanto me caracteriza. Tenho estado focada em sobreviver, a correr para a frente sem olhar para trás, na esperança de que, se assim for, os meus pensamentos não consigam apanhar-me. Posso dizer que, até já tentei aprender a voar, mas ainda não consegui sentir a liberdade que me falaram.
Tenho tentado adormecer mais cedo - e acordo várias vezes a meio da noite, para não me permitir sequer sonhar. Sinto-me tentada a mandar o meu corpo ao mar, sem qualquer intenção de mexer os braços para o fazer boiar.
Encurralei, num canto escuro da minha mente, a voz que se recusava a calar. Na esperança de que, se tapasse os ouvidos com força suficiente, não a ouvisse mais a chamar.
Pus correntes à volta do meu coração. Não queria que batesse,
nem que uma única gota de sangue me traísse,
nem queria sentir a minha própria pulsação.
Mas ouvi uma voz dizer que as correntes são feitas de elos de ligação. E eu quis destruí-las também
            porque até elas me levavam a ti.
Então, já não escrevo. Já não canto. Já não sinto prazer em sentir.

Todas de mim olham-me de volta, com o mesmo olhar de desilusão. Como se me quisessem esbofetear por compaixão. Como se não tivessem coragem de me provocar mais dor.
Sabem que não podem esmagar o que já se desfez, uma vez que já me estendi em lágrimas no chão.
O eco do silêncio é ensurdecedor.
Preferia que me partissem até eu cair num caixão.
Ao menos assim,
                                 o silêncio
                          daria lugar ao som.

III - As cinzas

Deambulo como um espírito que não encontrou passagem, sobre a areia molhada onde o mar perdeu um beijo antigo. Lembro-me de todas as vezes que percorri esta mesma praia, esperançosa de me esbarrar em ti. Lembro-me do exato sítio onde te encontrei. E da exata rocha onde escorregaste, quando também me procuravas a mim.
Lembro-me do teu cheiro na minha pele,
da sensação de casa que via no castanho do teu olhar. E quero esquecer que agora sou um espírito abandonado, sem o teu olhar para encontrar.
Lembro-me da tua mão na minha,
de saber, com o corpo inteiro, que era ali o meu lugar. Agora, tento esquecer a ausência,
da mão fantasma que ainda procuro apertar.
Lembro-me que já não estás aqui. Tento apagar os anos em que te conheci.
Lembro-me que tenho de ser forte,
e tento esquecer a triste verdade:
que serei sempre fraca por ti.

Um coração partido não faz barulho ao estilhaçar. Não deixa uma marca que alguém possa ver. Chamam-lhe figura de estilo. Mas a dor é literal. Quem diz que ninguém morre de desgosto, convido-vos a entrar no meu palácio mental, e assistirem comigo, na primeira fila, ao meu próprio funeral.
O silêncio grita mais alto que qualquer lamento.

Quero gritar,

mas não me quero lembrar do porquê.

IV - A sombra da escrita

Aquilo a que resistimos, persiste dentro de nós.
E se o arrependimento matasse, eu já teria morrido. Ou talvez tenha mesmo morrido e ninguém reparou - além de mim.
Enterrei - vivo - o amor que me mantinha aqui. E agora, quanto mais fujo de mim, mais me sinto sozinha. Quanto mais longe vou, mais a minha alma definha.
Fica doente.
Pequenina.

A realidade é que não sei como não te amar. Não sei como esquecer todo o amor que senti. Ou como ignorar que isso me mudou. E não sei lidar com o facto de que nunca mais voltarei a permitir que esse amor exista. Que inunde e transborde. Que seja o ar leve que fazem estes pulmões vibrar.
Escrever só faz sentido
quando és tu o motivo que me faz sangrar. Escrever só tem sentido se for mexer na ferida,
                               e tu eras a faca
                                                     e a razão.
Então, fugi da escrita. Fugi de mim. Quero esquecer-me de tudo aquilo que já me fizeste despejar no papel,
porque não sei como voltar à escrita sem voltar a ti.
Só que já não há casa, não há ninguém para onde voltar.
O teu sitio está vazio. O teu assento já está frio. Já não há musica, nem escrita, nem literatura para nos unir.
Resta-me queimar estas palavras, segurar o papel ardente contra o peito
como se ainda pudesse aquecer-me com o que restou.
E tentar esquecer-me que, um dia, foste a minha fonte de calor,
      a luz que me guiava na escuridão...
O meu pirilampo mágico! A quem decidi entregar-me de alma e coração.

Hoje, parece tudo tão longínquo... como se nunca tivesses existido, como um sonho do qual acordei atordoada, como se tivesse gastado mais uma vida em vão.
Agora, a mesa está vazia. Já não sei qual de mim ficou para apagar a luz.  
Mas sinto-a, sozinha, em silêncio, à espera que volte(s).

V - A mesa redonda do Nós

Sentámo-nos, sem convite, cada qual com as suas vozes. Umas sussurram desculpas, outras gritam promessas partidas.
Tu trazias o silêncio nos ombros,
   eu, a urgência de ser compreendida.
Entre nós, o tempo ocupava a cadeira do meio, com as mãos cruzadas sobre o colo, esperando que alguém lhe pedisse perdão.
Ali cabiam todas as versões de nós que tentaram
                  e falharam: a criança ferida, a amante que esperava demais, a amiga ausente, a que esperou à janela até ao fim do verão, e a que aprendeu a calar o amor para não o perder. Também ali estavam os que não souberam ficar e os que quiseram demais. Mas na hora certa, ninguém os quis de volta.
Fizemos da mesa um espelho estilhaçado, onde cada caco refletia uma versão diferente do encontro.
Eram histórias ditas pela metade, afetos com ferrugem, promessas que nunca chegaram ao corpo, cartas que não foram lidas, beijos que não voltaram para casa, toques interrompidos por orgulho, olhares desviados na última possibilidade de ternura.

Tentámos ordenar o caos, nomear culpas, mapear o amor, dar à dor algum significado:
quem magoou quem,
quem fugiu primeiro,
quem se calou quando devia ter falado,
quem amou a quem em vão.

Mas o "nós" não se escreve em linha reta,
é espiral,
                 tropeço,
                                  é laço e corte.
É ponte feita de dedos trémulos, tentando ainda alcançar.

E entre cacos, alguém - talvez tu - ergueu um gesto quase imperceptível:
um "ainda" dentro do "já não",
um "pode ser" suspenso no "acabou".

Então brindámos,
não ao passado, mas à remota e terna possibilidade de voltarmos a encontrar o amor
                                    não como foi
mas como ainda pode ser:

mais paciente,
                            mais honesto,
menos medo,
                            mais presença.

Um brinde a isso!
À flor que cresce entre as pedras,

ao reencontro verdadeiro,

mesmo que não seja imediato.
                 
Ao amor que regressa, se soubermos esperar com o coração aberto.

No fim, servimos silêncio em taças de cristal.
Um brinde à tentativa!
Às ruínas que ainda brilham.
Ao facto de termos tentado.
Um brinde a estarmos ali,

ainda que partidas,
                                    
                                      ainda que tarde,

ainda que nunca cheguemos a consenso.

Porque amar é tentar,
mesmo quando falha.

VI - Final

Talvez um dia, ouça a porta a ranger,
e outra de mim entre -
sem pressa, sem medo.
Talvez nem se sente,
apenas acenda a luz.

E nesse gesto, silencioso, haja uma oportunidade de começar de novo.

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