People X Cities

People are akin to cities, each harboring enigmatic alleys, vibrant gardens, and clandestine rooftops where secrets dance in the moonlit hours. Just as daisies sprout courageously between the cracks of concrete, so do our innermost vulnerabilities and joys, often concealed from the world. We are but enigmatic metropolises, offering mere postcard glimpses of our grandeur, showcasing only the polished squares and the majestic skylines. Yet, love, like a seasoned explorer, unravels the tapestry of our souls, uncovering those hidden realms within another, even the ones they themselves had not fathomed, even the ones they hadn’t deemed beautiful. It is in … Continue reading People X Cities

Hello, My Name is Immigrant II: The Steel and the Shadow

Hello, My Name is Immigrant, and I am a scar tissue stretched over the jagged teeth of a border fence. My words may still cut like glass, but now they are muffled by the sound of heavy boots on the porch and the hum of white vans idling at the curb. My tongue still struggles to embrace a new cadence, but now it also learns the heavy silence of a mouth held shut to stay invisible. The Architecture of Fear Hello, My Name is “Targeted Enforcement,” and I am the embodiment of a perseverance that has been forced into hiding. … Continue reading Hello, My Name is Immigrant II: The Steel and the Shadow

Axé!

A long life to all those who bother us with their singularities. To those who disturb other people’s shadows with sharp illuminances. To those who disarm idiotic convictions with sharp intelligence. To those who burn and to set on fire, they expel and forgive, scratch and welcome with equal ease. Long life to those who invite the dance, the abyss, the love, the embrace and the imbalances. And those that stretch in life, on the bar table, on the bed sheets and in the space of our longings… ❤ Continue reading Axé!

The Future-More-Than-Perfect

I am the verse that takes your name, no, not just the name, but the thing-itself. I am the word that confesses the wild pain of longing, that unnamable animal breathing in the dark. To love is to displace the soul; it is to inhabit a house that does not belong to us, a terrifying and holy eviction. When our discussions lose their way in the imperfect past, I seek the future-more-than-perfect, that tense where we finally deserve to exist. You laugh softly, and I draw your mouth with my tongue, a slow calligraphy of the skin. I respect your … Continue reading The Future-More-Than-Perfect

O Ofício de Ser

E assim, na vastidão desatenta da vida, inventamos caminhos, ou talvez os caminhos nos inventem primeiro. Caminhar não é apenas deslocar o corpo; é um modo de possuir o espaço. Cada passo é uma dança muda, um equilíbrio precário sobre o abismo de ser. E o tropeço? Ah, o tropeço é a lição que o chão nos dá. Caímos, e no impacto da queda, a carne descobre que é viva. Levantamos. Cansamos. Mas é nesse cansaço, essa “coisa” pesada e doce, que o movimento nos revela quem somos. A fuga, ora veja, é um equívoco de quem não entende de … Continue reading O Ofício de Ser

O Desvestir da Alma

Jogue tudo fora. Fique nua, não de panos, mas de significados. É preciso arrancar, com as unhas se necessário, as opiniões que embaçam o brilho liso do olhar e os gostos que retalham o coração em “sim” e “não”. Existe um estado que precede o pensamento, uma essência bruta que ignora o julgamento e desconhece o viés. É ali que eu te encontro. Nesse silêncio antes da palavra, somos assustadoramente os mesmos. A minha mente-antes-de-pensar e a sua são uma substância única, uma matéria-prima que nos devolve ao que somos: um pulso conectado ao universo. Não há mais “eu” e … Continue reading O Desvestir da Alma

Phases

I have phases, you see, irregular, moon-swept intervals where the ink refuses the page and the charcoal shudders against the paper. On these days, I am nothing but a collection of silences. I allow my own smallness, that cramped and shivering thing, to invite the stupid fears in. They do not just visit; they tame me. They sit in the center of my chest like heavy, uninvited guests, and I forget how to breathe in the language of creation. Sometimes, I simply do not believe in myself. It is a dizzying lack of gravity. But it is precisely in this … Continue reading Phases

O Exílio Delicado

Existe, e como dói esse existir silencioso, um exílio que é puro sopro. Um segredo dito em voz baixa, bem ali, onde o mundo desiste de ter bordas. É um lugar que não se explica, apenas se é. Fica escondido atrás de uma porta qualquer, dessas sem maçaneta, situada no sótão alto da consciência, onde o pó das certezas ainda não assentou. É uma fresta. Estreita, etérea, quase um erro de cálculo no espaço. É por esse vão que eu escorrego, fugindo do cansaço das horas, do caos que grita lá embaixo com dentes de ferro. Eu me busco no … Continue reading O Exílio Delicado

Interlude of Autumnal Dreams

Bury me where the red leaves are a panicked flight of birds,shattered rubies falling from the weary throat of the sky.I want the crimson whispers to coat my chest, caught in the violet teeth of twilight’s salt-heavy breeze. Shower me with the words you unspooled in the dark,those wild, drifting seeds you spoke in your sleep.They are soft murmurs, a harvest of hidden water, a promise kept in the roots of the earth, heavy and deep. Bathe me until the water learns the geometry of my skin,grazing me with the ghost of your mouth, precise and slow—the gentle caress of … Continue reading Interlude of Autumnal Dreams