Alma Novaes

 

Today I dreamed of you

I don't know if it was the nostalgia

whether it was merit or punishment

or something else

Today I dreamed of you

You came to me

In your hands my face

Said:

- You're so old

And I'm

Of the centuries of waiting

Of my body

Browse in others

What you gave me

To rummage through others

What only exists in you

But old or not

You kissed my lips

What I asked of you so long ago

Tonight, tonight

yes, tonight

I wanted to last the time

After you kissed me

There was no sun, no night

Neither day nor wind

Just your gaze inside of me

Right inside

Today you kissed me and

I carry this kiss with me

Still hot fire in me

lips of honey and must

Today I had you in me

I cup and thou grail

Today, only today

Perpetual desire

that my father guaranteed

that would happen.

Today and only in a dream

I loved you again

You have become a port again, an anchor,

Ship and shelter, baby

From other lives

I follow you in the dreamlike moment

In that beautiful hands

Craftsman and musician

Silk and honey

Hugged me

I was told that

So do you

You can't find a soul like it

Just like me

Today when you kissed me

You didn't let go of me,

You didn't run away from me

Don't snub me

You didn't despise me

Today you took over in the night
Long
That I'm yours without

Belong to you

No cages or crates

Neither walls nor ceilings

nor decrees

Tonight, tonight

I was yours

I've never been more than

That sun, moon, of God

And I don't forget

Nor can I

I don't even want to

I won't even

Never forget you

You are
you

You and the coffee

and cigarettes

Dropping smoke

Nor the mists of time

even if you leave now

Get

(even though I could and I can't

Even if I wanted to and I don't)

You, you, you, you and only you

Today, once again

I repeat it to you

I love you even though it's far away

I love you forever

And it's always always very

And too far away

but you're mine

Even if only in the kiss you gave me

And you gave me everything on those lips of honey

Today I know I don't expect anything else

There is nothing without your absence

What is there after you but you?