Ti ki morti siparanu

Poi bu mon na dimeu
nu bai ti ponta-l mundu

pa nu purgunta Nhôr-Dês 

kantu tempu faltanu

Dipos nu bai na rubêra filisidadi

intchi nos condison 

ku si benson 

pa tempu ki restanu

Nu ta pasa pa undi vida spadja txoru

pa-n mostrou ma num ligria ka poku

tudu forsa ku mesti sta dentu-l bô

ma bu ka tem ki aguenta tudu bo sô

Bai ku mi ti porta morti

pô djudam lembra-l 

ma inda nos ora ka txiga

sa faltanu mas um dia

Pegam na mô nu bai

Ti la sim la

La undi ki distinu

ta chinta pa papia ku sorti

sta-m ma si nu djunta ku ês

nu ta ingana morti

Bem nu bai na garupa ventu

na meiu sabura ku tribulason

di hoji ti dia di nos bedjisa

di li pa nos disgrasa

                    C.D.

Consciência

Sinto a tua presença sempre que pressinto
o fracasso
teus inconfundíveis traços
precedem todos os momentos
de dúvida

A tua voz é uma constante
mal calculada
que invade toda a alcantilada
da minha efémera existência

E sempre que vejo
o meu próprio reflexo
vejo-te, convexo
escarnecendo da minha segurança...


                                    C.D.

Broken pacts

My heart snaps

To the aftermath of that sound too familiar

In times I pictured you as my savior

The one to draw maps

To guide me and instruct me on

How to detach love from pain

And find happiness once again

Instead you make it harder to hold on

Seems foolish that I would relapse

Believing the dubious vows you make

That you always seem to forsake
But I fear without them I would collapse

The assurances in your premise

Seem like laid out traps

For that exact reason my heart snaps

Whenever I hear the words: “I promise.”

                                C.D.

So easy

Sitting in the silence I've grown accustomed to

Fighting this solace I've fallen into … 

Thoughts mingling

Thinking ...

How easy would it be?

To let you see through me

To tell you just how the cracks in my soul 

Will never allow me to be whole

They let small pieces of me escape

And no amount of healing will ever allow it to reshape

I could expose the words I wrote 

With blades in my bare arm

The fleshy suicide note

Left by the razor's warm kisses on it's way to my palm

It wouldn't be difficult to explain

The full extent of my pain

Through the amount of chemicals I've ingested

Or the nutrients I've expelled undigested

And how the resultant self hatred keeps me away from mirrors

Making me wonder if that is the reason

Why I forgot the feeling of a loving embrace

And the tears that occasionally stream down my face 

Provide the only caress I've felt lately...

It would be so easy...

(silence)

                 C.D.