One Look

I should have thought it through
But your eyes, they threw away the key
Yes, there was something more they knew
All those tears, they made this sad river we see

They made the river... Where we drowned

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As a silent sound, we knew it was going in a pace so slow
E dentro, tu sabias a tão séptica verdade do que eu sou
Still, you kept me close, despite everything I would say
Tu sabias o quanto me custava ver, em tudo o que jurei
The inevitable shattering, as if it was always, all for you
Sempre tão repentino, como se colhesses um único lírio
Nevertheless, in this caotic maze of hopes I long to see
Apenas nos teus olhos se condensa tudo aquilo que senti

(In) Sanity

Shadows cast by a dark light
Are but an uninvited reflection
Of one's lost and vain insight

Sounding so completely clear
While whispering in my ear...

But now I know what they want
Now I see their inner plan
Now I know the why of their taunt
Now I can scream to them:

"No!"

Aroma

Moist, humid, damp, hot
Making most breaths not
Even reach my lung's knot

Sweat, pasty and wet
That's what you felt
When we first met

Running for hours, in such pain
Beneath that lurid, torrid rain
Knowing there was nothing to gain

Still, it was worth it
As I reached the end

So dense was that air
So tempting the snare

It was, when we first met
Despite so dark a fume
Still, your sad perfume
Was louder than that

Unattended

And, grim, in that dim light
Alone it stood
No longer open or closed
Its damp wood

Rotting, with lost pride
One last ride
Given by a final breeze
But a brief tease

Before its last righteous move

Palimpsest

Gathering most of my recollections

So ordered, so lined up, together
Hazy, simple, troubled, complex
Attached as a string to a feather
While it learns their finite specs

But, layer after layer, faint
So faded memories paint
The mirror image of hate

No point in shadowing the enigma
For in its pale ink lies my stigma