quarta-feira, 4 de agosto de 2010
"Never underrate the man with nothing left inside"
She tried to move...
She tried to speak...
She tried to cry...
She tried to feel...
She tried to think...
Nothing.
Plain nothing.
She always had a way of protecting herself from the bad things that happen to her, forcing her brain not to think of it, so that that sad thoughts wouldn't disturb her good judgement. Eventually she didn't had to force herself not to think when something bad was happening, her brain would just turn off when the pain starter to appear.
But, as always, there was an inconvenient in this sort of mental power and a price to pay for having it.
When she was smothering a pain utterly strong, her brain wasn't able to just put it behind and think in something else, simpler and happier. When the pain was so strong that she could sense it running through her veins her brain had to completely shut off from everything so that she wouldn't feel it anything at all. She just needed to lay somewhere for a while, alone, her mind and her body as powerless and quiet as a vegetable and afterwards she was able to forget and ignore the sadness, or anger, or frustration inside her.
Needless to say that stronger the pain, the more intense, long and frequent her episodes of numbness and apathy had to be.
Sometimes she feared she would lose her ability to feel anything at all because of this, but she didn't seem to care, it was worth it.
And that's how we got to the begining of this story, where she is lying down for God knows how many time...
Not being able to move,
Not being able to speak,
Not being able to cry,
Not being able to feel,
Not being able to think...
Nothing...
Plain nothing...
She tried to speak...
She tried to cry...
She tried to feel...
She tried to think...
Nothing.
Plain nothing.
She always had a way of protecting herself from the bad things that happen to her, forcing her brain not to think of it, so that that sad thoughts wouldn't disturb her good judgement. Eventually she didn't had to force herself not to think when something bad was happening, her brain would just turn off when the pain starter to appear.
But, as always, there was an inconvenient in this sort of mental power and a price to pay for having it.
When she was smothering a pain utterly strong, her brain wasn't able to just put it behind and think in something else, simpler and happier. When the pain was so strong that she could sense it running through her veins her brain had to completely shut off from everything so that she wouldn't feel it anything at all. She just needed to lay somewhere for a while, alone, her mind and her body as powerless and quiet as a vegetable and afterwards she was able to forget and ignore the sadness, or anger, or frustration inside her.
Needless to say that stronger the pain, the more intense, long and frequent her episodes of numbness and apathy had to be.
Sometimes she feared she would lose her ability to feel anything at all because of this, but she didn't seem to care, it was worth it.
And that's how we got to the begining of this story, where she is lying down for God knows how many time...
Not being able to move,
Not being able to speak,
Not being able to cry,
Not being able to feel,
Not being able to think...
Nothing...
Plain nothing...
terça-feira, 20 de julho de 2010
The angel
When I think about the beginning of my life, I often remember one day, when I was a little girl, merely a child, who had just begun to understand some of the basic things about life. I remember that for a long time that was one of the most confusing days of my life because of the wisdom that was passed on to me.
I remember being alone in my room, as I usually did, probably pretending to be a character in some amazing story, like the ones I used to create so that I could play alone.
Suddently I wasn't alone anymore, I knew it, even if I hadn't seen anyone there yet. After a while an angel like figure appeared in my sight. strangely I can't quite remember how it looked like but I can remember all the words that it said to me.
The creature knelt over one knee and told me to listen carefully to what he came to tell me, because everyone has its special rules to obey in life, and it was his job to visit every person in the Earth and teach each one their rules.
Amazed as I was, I wasn't able to reply, but I drank his works fully and I believe I wouldn't be able not to, even if I wanted to.
It taught me many rules wich I had to follow strictly. I didn't understand most of them at the time, and some I don't even understand now, but there is one that I understood soon after this incident, and that I remember constantly.
"Thou shall not use or understand fully the meaning of the world SIMPLE while living."
When all my rules had been laid down to me the creature disappeared as quickly and quietly as it had appeared.
I obeyed some of the rules all my life, but some, like this one, I tried not to, because I didn't understand the reason why it existed.
I still try to fight this rule daily, longing to understand what it means to do something in a simple way, longing for something to be simple in my life, but that never happens and I'm starting to believe that it will never will.
I remember being alone in my room, as I usually did, probably pretending to be a character in some amazing story, like the ones I used to create so that I could play alone.
Suddently I wasn't alone anymore, I knew it, even if I hadn't seen anyone there yet. After a while an angel like figure appeared in my sight. strangely I can't quite remember how it looked like but I can remember all the words that it said to me.
The creature knelt over one knee and told me to listen carefully to what he came to tell me, because everyone has its special rules to obey in life, and it was his job to visit every person in the Earth and teach each one their rules.
Amazed as I was, I wasn't able to reply, but I drank his works fully and I believe I wouldn't be able not to, even if I wanted to.
It taught me many rules wich I had to follow strictly. I didn't understand most of them at the time, and some I don't even understand now, but there is one that I understood soon after this incident, and that I remember constantly.
"Thou shall not use or understand fully the meaning of the world SIMPLE while living."
When all my rules had been laid down to me the creature disappeared as quickly and quietly as it had appeared.
I obeyed some of the rules all my life, but some, like this one, I tried not to, because I didn't understand the reason why it existed.
I still try to fight this rule daily, longing to understand what it means to do something in a simple way, longing for something to be simple in my life, but that never happens and I'm starting to believe that it will never will.
domingo, 13 de junho de 2010
Golden Locks
A girl wakes up in the middle of the morning.
She tries to open her eyes, fighting the bright light that comes in through the big window in her room, only to find out she's still dizzy with the alcohol from the night before...
She continues to blink repeatedly, but, eventually, she gives up, closes her eyes and turns around in her bed.
Suddently, she's overwhelmed. Even though her vision is terribly affected she is dazed by one of the most appealing smells she has ever felt. She can't quite explain what's taking over her, but she just keeps inhaling frenetically, like that smell is the best thing in the world! Better than the sea, better than the purple flowers that grow by the sea, better than red roses, better than turkey in the oven, better than whiskey, better than that sweet old perfume that used to make her head spin... Bah! She stops, she's losing it, as always... She shakes her head, tries to ignore the stupid memories of the old perfume and concentrates in that smell again. The warm, cosy, exciting feeling that it brought to her comes back. It's unexplainable, it's just to fucking overwhelming for her to control herself.
Without ever opening her eyes, she reaches for the smell, triyng to get close to it and to find out what it is that just makes her stomach convulse like it used to. She gets closer and closer and she finally feels something. Something incredibly soft. It looks like fur of some kind... or hair... Is it hair? Yes, it's hair, she's sure. But whose hair?
She wants to open her eyes, to find the answers to all those confusing questions that are hammering in her hangover head, but she knows what will happen... she knows what always happens... Every time se opens up her eyes everything that seems remotetly good fades away.
She can't take it any longer, she hates to live in doubt! She prefers to lose everything in order to know everything.
Her eyes slowly open and she smiles while looking upon golden locks of hair, shining in different tones of gold as the sun lights them. There they are, golden hairs all over, forming a beautiful patter like a spider's web. Still amazed by everything, she slowly takes her hand to it, craving to feel it's touch...
That's it... Reality alarm sounds, echoing in her head, everything's gone. She's alone and she's caressing her blood red sheets...
She tries to open her eyes, fighting the bright light that comes in through the big window in her room, only to find out she's still dizzy with the alcohol from the night before...
She continues to blink repeatedly, but, eventually, she gives up, closes her eyes and turns around in her bed.
Suddently, she's overwhelmed. Even though her vision is terribly affected she is dazed by one of the most appealing smells she has ever felt. She can't quite explain what's taking over her, but she just keeps inhaling frenetically, like that smell is the best thing in the world! Better than the sea, better than the purple flowers that grow by the sea, better than red roses, better than turkey in the oven, better than whiskey, better than that sweet old perfume that used to make her head spin... Bah! She stops, she's losing it, as always... She shakes her head, tries to ignore the stupid memories of the old perfume and concentrates in that smell again. The warm, cosy, exciting feeling that it brought to her comes back. It's unexplainable, it's just to fucking overwhelming for her to control herself.
Without ever opening her eyes, she reaches for the smell, triyng to get close to it and to find out what it is that just makes her stomach convulse like it used to. She gets closer and closer and she finally feels something. Something incredibly soft. It looks like fur of some kind... or hair... Is it hair? Yes, it's hair, she's sure. But whose hair?
She wants to open her eyes, to find the answers to all those confusing questions that are hammering in her hangover head, but she knows what will happen... she knows what always happens... Every time se opens up her eyes everything that seems remotetly good fades away.
She can't take it any longer, she hates to live in doubt! She prefers to lose everything in order to know everything.
Her eyes slowly open and she smiles while looking upon golden locks of hair, shining in different tones of gold as the sun lights them. There they are, golden hairs all over, forming a beautiful patter like a spider's web. Still amazed by everything, she slowly takes her hand to it, craving to feel it's touch...
That's it... Reality alarm sounds, echoing in her head, everything's gone. She's alone and she's caressing her blood red sheets...
quinta-feira, 13 de maio de 2010
Nightmares
Um pesadelo, para mim, nunca será obrigatoriamente um sonho mau, com acontecimentos indesejados e infelizes ou monstros e vampiros por aí a martirizar pessoas.
Mais horrífico do que um pesadelo tradicional é um sonho demasiado bom, pois torna-se num pesadelo no momento em que acordamos e somos obrigados a confrontar o mundo real, sempre esperançosos de que tenha sido mais do que um sonho.
Mais horrífico do que um pesadelo tradicional é um sonho demasiado bom, pois torna-se num pesadelo no momento em que acordamos e somos obrigados a confrontar o mundo real, sempre esperançosos de que tenha sido mais do que um sonho.
quinta-feira, 29 de abril de 2010
quarta-feira, 31 de março de 2010
Somethings are just too hard to classificate, too hard to decide and too hard to accept.
So people hold on to the their hopes and dreams that things can always change.
And even if they don't... Welll, if they don't, you still have your hopes and dreams to give you and inch of happiness!
"Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An Inch, it is small and it is fragile, but it is the only thing the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away."
V for Vendetta
So people hold on to the their hopes and dreams that things can always change.
And even if they don't... Welll, if they don't, you still have your hopes and dreams to give you and inch of happiness!
"Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An Inch, it is small and it is fragile, but it is the only thing the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away."
V for Vendetta
terça-feira, 30 de março de 2010
"Como ouvi Linda cantar por seu amigo José"
Se sabeis novas do meu amigo
novas dizei-me que vou morrendo
(...)
Manuel Alegre
novas dizei-me que vou morrendo
(...)
Manuel Alegre
segunda-feira, 29 de março de 2010
15/03/2010
Uma vez, quando eu tinha catorze ou quinze anos, uma das minhas mentoras da altura, a minha professora de História do Secundário disse uma frase que, durante uns tempos, nunca abandonou a minha mente. Era algo como "por vezes, petante uma oportunidade, o Homem acaba por deixar a oportunidade passar por não se aperceber da escolha que tinha à sua frente. Mais tarde, apercebe-se do seu erro mas culpa sempre o Destino"
Hoje, cerca de cinco anos depois, essa frase voltou-me à memória enquanto divagava por oceanos de acontecimentos.
Pergunto-me como é que uma pessoa pode, simultaneamente, ser tão observadora e perspicaz em relação aquilo que a rodeia e, porém, ser tão distraída e trapalhona ao ponto de, só depois dos momentos passados se aperceber de que deixou que algo lhe fugisse, qual agua fugidia por entre mãos em concha.
A resposta reside no seguinte: as pessoas perspicazes conseguem facilmente antever acontecimentos mas, no entanto, por serem tão obcecadas e determinadas em descobrir o que se passa em seu redor, preto no branco, acabam por se descuidar nas áreas cinzentas do universo. e, lamentavelmente, vêm a descobrir que, nessas partes de penumbra existencial, por vezes pode habitar algo com mais potencial intrínseco que nunca se deram ao trabalho de analisar e que podia, provavelmente, ser assaz mais interessante e promissor do que aquilo em que a sua suposta atenção periférica estava concentrada.
Depois de registadas, depressa as áreas cinzentas ocupam um lugar numa das outras categorias mais importantes mas, na maior parte das vezes, a oportunidade escapou, foi um momento unico e irrecuperavel, que se perdeu por mera idiotice. e o Homem, face ao seu erro, culpa o Destino.
O Homem culpará sempre o Destino.
"Only the known is safe. Only the known is tolerable. The unknown is... a vulnerability." Stephenie Meyer
Hoje, cerca de cinco anos depois, essa frase voltou-me à memória enquanto divagava por oceanos de acontecimentos.
Pergunto-me como é que uma pessoa pode, simultaneamente, ser tão observadora e perspicaz em relação aquilo que a rodeia e, porém, ser tão distraída e trapalhona ao ponto de, só depois dos momentos passados se aperceber de que deixou que algo lhe fugisse, qual agua fugidia por entre mãos em concha.
A resposta reside no seguinte: as pessoas perspicazes conseguem facilmente antever acontecimentos mas, no entanto, por serem tão obcecadas e determinadas em descobrir o que se passa em seu redor, preto no branco, acabam por se descuidar nas áreas cinzentas do universo. e, lamentavelmente, vêm a descobrir que, nessas partes de penumbra existencial, por vezes pode habitar algo com mais potencial intrínseco que nunca se deram ao trabalho de analisar e que podia, provavelmente, ser assaz mais interessante e promissor do que aquilo em que a sua suposta atenção periférica estava concentrada.
Depois de registadas, depressa as áreas cinzentas ocupam um lugar numa das outras categorias mais importantes mas, na maior parte das vezes, a oportunidade escapou, foi um momento unico e irrecuperavel, que se perdeu por mera idiotice. e o Homem, face ao seu erro, culpa o Destino.
O Homem culpará sempre o Destino.
"Only the known is safe. Only the known is tolerable. The unknown is... a vulnerability." Stephenie Meyer
segunda-feira, 15 de fevereiro de 2010
Orfeu e Eurídice (26/01/20010)
(26/01/20010)
Onde está o meu amigo perdido?
Onde está aquela pessoa de quem eu tanto gostava, com quem partilhava um passado atribulado e histórias divertidas?
Conheço o paradeiro do corpo que continha o meu amigo, mas não sei onde ele está... Queria encontra-lo, vê-lo mais uma vez por detrás da pessoa que é agora.
Custa-me sabê-lo aqui e não poder vê-lo... Custa-me vê-lo e não o conseguir sentir...
Onde estás? Para onde foi o meu amigo?
Iria ao fim do mundo, ao inferno, aos jardins suspensos da Babilónia para te fazer voltar! Se soubesse que podia recuperar o meu amigo iria até ao Hades, qual Orfeu atrás da sua Eurídice, deambularia pelo submundo e trazer-te-ia de volta e prometeria não cometer o erro de Orfeu e nunca olhar para trás!
Nunca olharia para trás!
Desde que pudesse salvar-te!
Onde está o meu amigo perdido?
Onde está aquela pessoa de quem eu tanto gostava, com quem partilhava um passado atribulado e histórias divertidas?
Conheço o paradeiro do corpo que continha o meu amigo, mas não sei onde ele está... Queria encontra-lo, vê-lo mais uma vez por detrás da pessoa que é agora.
Custa-me sabê-lo aqui e não poder vê-lo... Custa-me vê-lo e não o conseguir sentir...
Onde estás? Para onde foi o meu amigo?
Iria ao fim do mundo, ao inferno, aos jardins suspensos da Babilónia para te fazer voltar! Se soubesse que podia recuperar o meu amigo iria até ao Hades, qual Orfeu atrás da sua Eurídice, deambularia pelo submundo e trazer-te-ia de volta e prometeria não cometer o erro de Orfeu e nunca olhar para trás!
Nunca olharia para trás!
Desde que pudesse salvar-te!
domingo, 14 de fevereiro de 2010
As Vicissitudes do Destino
É curioso como por vezes é preciso que alguém de fora nos diga algo para nos apercebermos da sua veracidade (mesmo que os nossos amigos já nos tenham repetido tal facto milhões de vezes).
É curioso como por vezes não conseguimos ver algo que está mesmo à nossa frente (mesmo quando nos forçamos a ver coisas que mal são visíveis).
É curioso como por vezes qualquer música nos pode relembrar algo que nos esforçamos por esquecer (mesmo que já a tenhamos ouvido mais de mil vezes sem termos reparado nisso).
É curioso como por vezes conseguimos agir tão disparatadamente ao ponto de perder oportunidades (mesmo que já as tenhamos imaginado um milhão de vezes).
É curioso como quanto mais aborrecida e frustrante a vida que vivemos de dia, melhores e mais interessantes são os sonhos que sonhamos de noite (e pior o fatídico acordar).
É curioso como a comicidade das situações que me rodeiam está sempre proporcionalmente associada ao nível de desgraça e idiotice que representam, especialmente se eu for a protagonista.
Enfim, são curiosas as vicissitudes do Destino!
É curioso como por vezes não conseguimos ver algo que está mesmo à nossa frente (mesmo quando nos forçamos a ver coisas que mal são visíveis).
É curioso como por vezes qualquer música nos pode relembrar algo que nos esforçamos por esquecer (mesmo que já a tenhamos ouvido mais de mil vezes sem termos reparado nisso).
É curioso como por vezes conseguimos agir tão disparatadamente ao ponto de perder oportunidades (mesmo que já as tenhamos imaginado um milhão de vezes).
É curioso como quanto mais aborrecida e frustrante a vida que vivemos de dia, melhores e mais interessantes são os sonhos que sonhamos de noite (e pior o fatídico acordar).
É curioso como a comicidade das situações que me rodeiam está sempre proporcionalmente associada ao nível de desgraça e idiotice que representam, especialmente se eu for a protagonista.
Enfim, são curiosas as vicissitudes do Destino!
terça-feira, 26 de janeiro de 2010
Resolution
I know I've promissed time and time again that I'll write and post more stuff more often but there's been an amount of things that don't allow me to do it.
I know I've been promissing this for a whole year and didnt kept my promisse but this time I'll really really try not to forget!
(God how I hate promisses!!)
(God how I hate promisses!!)
Palavras soltas
07/12/2009
Ele já vinha ligeiramente embriagado quando foi ter com ela.
Ele já vinha ligeiramente embriagado quando foi ter com ela.
Depois olhou para ela, com aqueles olhos enternecidos, aquele sorriso completamente aberto e incontrolável, como se os seus lábios se quisessem abrir ainda mais em felicidade e rasgar toda a pele da sua cara.
Disse-lhe uma série de banalidades e ela respondeu-lhe do mesmo modo, como sempre, os idiotas diplomáticos do sempre…
“Que bem nos faria sermos antipáticos um para o outro e dizer algumas verdades desagradáveis como dantes.” Pensou ela, não aguentando e sentindo, subitamente que também os seus lábios lutavam por rasgar as suas bochechas na busca de um sorriso maior, mais profundo, que pudesse falar por si.
E lá ficaram os dois mentecaptos, a sorrir um para o outro, como se se estivessem a lembrar de uma anedota engraçadíssima.
Depois, quando ele finalmente se mexeu, na tentativa de ir falar com as outras pessoas, as suas faces subitamente normais, ele resolveu parar novamente, retrocedendo na sua tentativa de se ir embora. Aproximou-se para lhe acariciar a cara, desta vez com um sorriso triste no rosto, desempenhando o gesto mais terno que alguma vez tinha tido para com ela desde que se conheciam, há tantos anos.
“Realmente, que bela anedota somos…” Pensou ela, enquanto se afastava.
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