Templo.

Ares.
Livros.
Uma fonte.
Uma Siren.
Um relicário.
Cecil e Rosa.
Uma estante.
Três pequenos.
Algumas cadeiras.
Madeira de demolição.
Tudo do jeito que você quiser.
Exceto as coisas que eu quiser.
Inclusive as coisas que nós quisermos.
Você no leme e eu na proa.
Amor demais cansa.
Dá preguiça.
É só deitar.
Amanhã tem luz boa.

Mas tá no começo ainda.

The songs of today

I don't know the reasons to everything. 

I've tried all sorts of explanations and interpretations. None of them add up to the fact that I don't see you at all as a fatherly figure. It's quite the opposite, actually. I want to shield you. Shell you. Protect you. Glass you from every shard that may eventually come from a falling ceiling.

Using the love card is also a bit down the beaten path, isn't it? It still holds, though.

I may know the reasons to nothing.

The attraction you exert on me, though. Does it come from that peaceful countenance of yours? Or maybe from the fact that you're such a passionate person... You're passionate about everything that you love. Dare we not say your life is boring, for all I see is tragedy and fun, a good portion of each. Your thoughtful eyes, like you're always envisioning something that lies somewhere far beyond what they can reach. The silent grunt you make when you're happy, as I'm holding you. The absence of grunt you make when you're annoyed. And then, the grunt you make when you agree to something.  Your ghost can't let anyone into its head that easily, can it? The mystery of not knowing what the fuck you're reflecting upon amazes me and only pushes me forward.

Should you deny all these compliments, then I've just fallen in love for the wrong guy. Because nothing could bring me more joy than sharing my life with that person.

I might as well know the goddamn reasons!

Life to Come

The Killers

I didn't see this coming, I admit it

But if you think I'll buckle, forget it

I told you that I'd be the one

I'll be there in the life to come

You think I lost my vision but I didn't

It sounds like heaven, but it isn't

Through fields of amber we will run

Somewhere in the life to come

...

If you call my name

I will run whether or not it's tonight

Or the life to come

I know sometimes you think that I regret it

But I don't remember stumbling when I said it

I told you that I'd be the one

I was talking about the life to come

meu resumo

ali na esquina
da primeira vez, ninguém
ali na esquina
à primeira vista, você.
o moço das tatuagens. mostra pra eles. mostra de novo.
friagem.
efeitos.
quinhentas toneladas de informações minhas.
um pouco de informações suas.
nem lembro o filme agora.
e não é que deu certo também?
há algo errado.
mas aquele salmão...
muitas pizzas individuais.
há algo diferente.
sorvetes caros.
muitos semblantes seus de 5 segundos cada.
há algo certo.

I don't know how to love.

Look at all the bright lights you made me see. Can you envisage them? In the process of glaring them, I lose myself among the rules. And the rules I comprehend poorly. I detest possession, even though I myself cannot escape from the willing to possess that easily. Contradictory being, aren't I? Hold it... Are we not?

I'm all new in this business of love. Or maybe just a little rusty. I just hold you so dearly that quite often it's harsh to contemplate the fullness and complexity of your being. The willing to delve deep into that soul remains though. Hands down, you've stripped me naked like no other ever had.

Warning: attempts at keeping the tower steady are still in progress.

Black Sheep

I failed you. I failed you hard.

I won't fool myself or anyone: I do miss you. I've become so lonely. Wondering, whilst reading through these old posts, when the exact time I lost it was. How have I done exactly what I said I would never. You may never understand my reasons (I can't comprehend them myself, you see, as they're far beneath so many layers of excuses that I've already given up on that hard task). Nevertheless, I try: I was a bad person. I was spiteful, vindictive, envious, jealous, cynic, overly sarcastic. I don't confer these features of mine to your presence, but at that time, I did it. I thought it was because I was hanging with you. In my mind, I thought that friendship was causing such a bad impact on my personality… I don't know.

After the storm, we always miss the good days. After all, why to remember those bad feelings? They're easily forgetful. In essence, what lasts is just good reminiscence: our talks. Our way of seeing right through the eye of each other. Our laughs. Our way of laughing out of ANY situation (except maybe this one, lol). Our connection. Our intimacy. Our confessions. Our philosophic way of questioning the nature of everything around us - I may have failed when questioning the nature of myself so hard, though. Our similarities. The way we both had been cast out of society and dealt with so many similar issues. Anyways, our talks. And our talks. 

Fact is I'm not a tolerant person. I've pushed away everyone I cared about. You were the first. Then was the Vegan Girl, and next is probably Mss. Teacher. Then I faced what was left for me: deep slumber. After I woke up, I tried to reach out for anyone around.

But there wasn't anyone around. And now I live in regret, for once I shouted out to the skies: "I've got too many friends, they wear me out", and now I just sit tight, reasoning how ungrateful I was, and wondering what I must do to have them back. They say friendship is fuel for life.

I hope you're doing great. I also hope you don't hate me.

I failed you.

I forgot the sheep's name. And that's probably the worst part of it.

My reasons

Lifestream Wallpaper (Final Fantasy VII)

Each face I wonder: are we prepared to live with the tiny, or should we strive for more? What if more is infinite, what if we are just striding on a highway eager to reach satisfaction - something that might never be reached after all.

Oh boy. My concepts have definitely changed. Although I may say they change every now and then, since I can't deny the stars under whose shades I have been born, this time seems slightly different. I learned to accept. I stared at some truth people can't perceive: I will never find everything in a singular being.

But even if I could... what for? Since so many different voices surround us, so many different faces and stories... We have a large range of landscapes to fill our eyes every day. That is just friendship. So why on Earth would I need only one landscape? Only one channel through which I would expunge all my needs and absorb all the desired lifestream.

Despite my luck, despite my wishes, that is still something to be seen, for most of people. And it was once more. Remember I said I changed? I switched my mind to an opener state. I can do everything I want now. And I wish I were stronger to cope with the little we had. Because, currently, what I look for is a life, albeit it may not come with this adventure we all long. The only difference is I learned how to survive without it. 

Now, it is your complete right to disagree. And I bet many of you do. Because it is just too realistic and dry to think love does not come with it all, it comes only with the necessary. And sometimes nothing is necessary. Will nothing be ever enough...

We knew how this would turn since the very start.

Ps: You happened to give me - somehow - the strength I lacked. I could never be more grateful. Just hold on tight, we'll get there.

An Eye (Or a Flower Archway)

I begun with this thought of an eye. Because you know, it's what most makes sense. Then I just switched.

It's been hard to keep this alive. This fake link. It is not fake for its existence, but it is fake for its appearance. For I would not permit others to see what I truly feel within my heart. And you may not know it consciously - or maybe you know it and you try to deny it or pretend you just don't care - but I am certain I have given all the signs, even though I tried not to.

I feel something for you. I haven't come to that conclusion so easily. It was really confusing in the beginning. I spent endless hours trying to decipher what I had found inside this mind of mine. The cues mounted and I misunderstood all the lights, all the gestures. I misread your face. And thus, when it came to light, it also came to a falling. I mistook my acts towards you, and although today might be a little earlier to express my feelings - walking on such an unsteady surface, paved with possibly only doubtful suspicions - I won't be apologetic, as I never had. For this is what I do: I live it intensely and then I end it roughly. And when push comes to shove, I'll watch you rove away from me.

At this very moment I am here, without you, and I will be the same until I finally overcome it, as I have already done a thousand times. But what bothers me is that once again I will not live the amour, it will simply vanish as though it has never existed.

I could speak of an eye. But you know what? You seem much more like an archway. Made with fine white-painted wood, adorned with a beautiful chain of roses.  An arch under which many incredible people will stride one day. And you'll see them passing. I just hope you seal yourself for someone.

O mesmo recalque de sempre.

O desabafo hoje é sobre as nossas prioridades.

A impressão que se tem é que não nos apaixonamos mais. Pra quê conversar, pra que se conhecer melhor. Frase: 'O amor hoje vem do sexo'. Se isso é ilusão ou não, se dá certo ou não, se é problemático - pros miolos - ou não, aí já são outros 500. O negócio é que tem gente demais acreditando nisso. E essa sensação não é isolada, não: está em todos os mundos, todas as tribos. Não há paciência. Não há tempo. Só há a urgência do contato físico. Suprir a carência virou uma necessidade tão básica como tomar água. Nós já não nos suportamos mais (nem sei se isso foi possível algum dia), precisamos de alguém pra dividir o fardo. Porém, pra mim, a busca é feita no lugar errado, da forma errada; imediatista. E o que se encontra é quase sempre efêmero. 

Sempre há exceções. Sempre dá certo pra alguém aqui ou ali. E sempre há quem acredite no contrário e consiga provar. Calma lá, pra cada um é de um jeito, eu sei... Estou apenas compartilhando o que vejo no geral. Por que o que vejo é um mar de almas solitárias, e eu lá no meio. Ninguém se enxerga: é escuro demais. Ninguém se escuta: a música é muito alta, deixa até vestígio quando se emerge e alcança a praia. Um zumbido que nos impede de ouvir até nosso próprio som.

A questão, pra mim, é que nada disso é inconsciente. É um escolha que fazemos. E é estranho por que, por um lado, ela faz todo o sentido. Respalda-se no pensamento livre, na liberdade sexual, na impressão de felicidade derivada do desprendimento. Então é de propósito. Faço por que quero. Mas não há satisfação. 

O nosso discurso é até interessante. Atributos físicos não são mais importantes; mas são notados primeiro. E são ressaltados primeiro. "Quem quer apaixonar-se?" quase sempre conflita com "Quem quer ser feliz?". Por que há uma associação esquisita, que eu faço, e muita gente por aí também faz, e eu reconheço, não sei desfazer e nem explicar o porque acredito tanto nisso, de que felicidade e liberdade andam juntos. E isso não é um atestado de descrença ao relacionamento, veja bem. É uma descrença à vontade, ao objetivo. Que, por si, já existe em oposição ao instinto e ao desejo, entidades cada dia mais e mais livres.

Não vou deixar de ser realista: é o que dá pra fazer. A gente vive e se relaciona do jeito que "dá", eu sei. Entendo que os tempos são difíceis, que as oportunidades de se aproximar são poucas, que a hora é curta, o minuto ínfimo.

De qualquer forma são apenas impressões minhas. Mas no final só queria dizer que "quem tá cheio de amor pra dar" tá fodido. Só isso.

London implosion

"Implosion" by Nelson Arts of London

I am deeply sorry, but today I shall expunge a few things on thee. And to do so, some questions are necessary. Today I see thee much better than four months ago. If thou askedst if there is regret, I might say yes, there is. For I have looked deep into thy eyes without knowing thee properly. And I have made such a commitment. Lord, I shouldn't have. I have given away my trust and my friendship with no doublethinking. I was fragile, I know. In a brave new world. But that was the moment I betrayed myself, for I thought I could be able to keep myself resolute and distant even in the loneliest moments. However, it was there, in this freezing solitude, that I've behaved as a child, and then I brought thee to my life, to my routine. Today I see thee differently. Well.

It vexes me the fact that thou art always lecturing somewhere about something, or art trying to teach everyone around, for I do not live with people like these. My friends are not like that. I don't put myself in this position, I never bring out any lecture on subject that I (may) master. Because I consider this extremely ridiculous. I understand that yes, indeed, everyone's got diverse kinds of knowledge, but we can only teach when somebody wants to learn. And when thou showest thy knowledge, talk'st on thy studies and wisdoms - it only shows a fail attempt. In the very beginning I thought it was arrogance. I reckoned thou wert considering thyself superior, wiser. Today I have pity on thee. For thou worriest too much with being noticed. Wantest to draw attention regardless the means. Wouldst like to be seen as relevant, strenuous (considering all thy endeavour thou hast shown to reach thy status), intelligent. Doest not thou see this is the wrong path? Doest not see that when thou pushest, thou makest us see exactly the opposite? But it is all okay now. I know thou likest to teach and give random lessons when no one's requested, I know it pleases thee to talk louder and to demonstrate thou art acquainted with some specific point more than the others. I wonder if thou hast observed how much people around do NOT do that. Hast thou seen how ones around thee, who yield knowledge beyond thou canst imagine, do not grab themselves? Hast thou seen it?

Today I see thee differently. I see thou art hard working. Thou hast limited abilities, though. Thou appliest thyself highly to the studies and hold'st information, but thou doest not know how to create. Thou art not imaginative, and this might bother thee more that I can figure. Thou mayest feel empty, incapable of innovation, incapable of leaving behind such an average existence. For that is what very haunts thee: the mediocrity. To live always in the middle. No creation, no cleverness, no originality. Yes, this is saddest. And maybe that is why thou behavest this way. But I will tell you what: I figure thee. Even knowing thou hast some limitations, some difficulties with reasoning and with the understanding of the world and the people that live in it, I get these pain and sorrow of thine. However thou must perceive something, my friend: not everybody is brilliant, but all should be humble. And when one is mediocre, it is needed to be humble.

Therefore we have struck enough. I can't bear this lack of humbleness anymore. To see the world spinning around thee. To wait for people to serve on thee. To think thou art somehow above, for thou knowest how to dress. All thy shallowness arises when thy only sentence in the mourning is asking me what I am wearing, or what have I thought about thy vesture. It drags me, it feels poor. Thou doest not provide an enhancing talk. Thou canst not add anything to people's lives. And that happens because thou doest not draw anything from anyone. Thou wouldst never enrich from one's experience, for thou canst learn from that. Thou art incapable of learning empirically. And what to say when thou triest to pull off that accent? Oh Lord, I think. Critizest me so much, soundest so laughable then! Thou canst force something thou hast not dominated yet. And when thou usest thy so-damn-acute smell to complain on someone or something's, it only blooms thy childish and spoiled sides. And it reduces thee to it: a child. Thou doest not act thy age.

But none of these things annoys me more than all the criticism and intolerance. Why canst thou tolerate the different? Why canst thou show respect to others' likings? Why doest not thou believe in people? What is so wrong with thee?

Answer me, why? Why doest thou find impossible that someone has a different style than thine? Why doest thou think that every man with the same condition as us shall be exactly like us? Canst thou see we are different? I am not better or worse, just different. And I couldn't understand when thou offendedest me so many times. It pleases thee to insult people. Thou art sick. And when thou feltest jealous? I had pity. For thou feltest thou hadest a strong and durable relation. Today I have only pity. I see how empty are all the relations of thine. I see how weak are the bonds thou buildest. And how nobody ever takes thee seriously. 

At last, I would like to say that thou hast made part of the most unpalatable category of people in the world: the braggers. Thou bragest about everything, every hour. And thou wantest to know what is worse? Thou canst not brag. It is painful when I see thou doing it.

And I remained shut. But today no more. Cause I've seen it is impossible to bear. It is impossible to love someone you hate.

Now it's for you.

I wanted you to know I hear you. Here I hear you all the time... I hear you saying on random stuff, reacting to everything in front of me. I wanted you to see how sad it is to be so far from you. How painful it is when I try to reach you and you block me off and I feel a twinge in my stomach. It's like a knife piercing me. I know you don't do it on purpose, because I know you, you put our friendship to the highest levels of tension, but it's ok, cause you're my boy, you're always be my boy and I'm used to it and even grateful to God I have you by my side, just the way you are. But I'm also proud, and my pride has jeopardised me so many times that I've lost count. This pride makes me want to to stop trying, stop running... And wait for you to come. But this time I am simply not able to do this, for it's not the same. I'm not in Brazil. The pictures I post don't match reality. I'm not happy, I'm not having wonderful experiences and I'm not making a lot of new friends. I'm lonely, tasting some solitude I've never had before. I'm finding out true friends stay behind. And one of them is somehow punishing me for I've abandoned him. So I wanted to say this: I haven't, Sam. I'm here, I hear you but I can't see you. As it's written in your book, the eyes are blind, we must see with our hearts. I'd like to see you, and that's all.