Orașul gol

Trec clipele ca valul lin,

Și viața curge-n al său rost,

În urma noastră lasă-un spin,

Dar și amintiri ce n-au un cost.

Privim spre anii ce-au zburat,

Și-n suflet strângem dor și vis,

Uităm că timpul ne-a-nvățat,

Că totul trece… chiar și-nchis.

Adunăm aur, strângem faimă,

Dar ce rămâne e iubirea,

Nu-i loc pe drum pentru o haină,

Ci doar pentru ce-nalță firea.

Să ne oprim un ceas, o zi,

Să prețuim ce-avem acum,

Căci Cerul ne va dărui

Lumină-n loc de al nost’ drum.

Pe patul mut, cu ochiul trist,

Privesc spre cerul nevăzut,

În gânduri parcă mă despart

De tot ce-a fost și ce-am pierdut.

E liniște și-o pace rece,

Ce-nvăluie al nopții ceas,

Iar eu în taină-mi caut vreascuri,

Să aprind iarăși al vieții pas.

O lacrimă-n tăcere cade,

Pe chipu-mi palid, ostenit,

Și-n roșul hainelor se-așterne

Tot dorul meu ne-mplinit.

În ochiul stins se-ascund povești

Ce nimeni poate nu le știe,

Dar astă seară, în tăcere,

Îmi fac din ele poezie.

Sus, acolo unde ești,

Dincolo de nori cerești,

Te simt aproape, veghetor,

Un dor al meu nemuritor.

Lumina ta mă însoțește,

Un far ce-n suflet îmi vorbește,

Iar pașii mei, oricât de grei,

Îți caută urmele-alei.

Tată drag, când vântu-i rece,

Și noaptea-n gânduri mă petrece,

Eu știu că steaua ce-o privesc

E glasul tău cel părintesc.

Sus, acolo, printre astre,

Îți duci destinul peste noastre,

Dar eu, aici, pe-acest pământ,

Îți port iubirea în cuvânt.

Cu fiecare zi ce trece,

Te simt mai viu, nimic nu plece.

Ești rădăcina ce mă ține,

Ești cerul meu, ești totu-n mine.

Așa că, tată, sus privește,

Din zări albastre-mi zâmbește.

Eu știu că timpul nu-i hotar –

Tu ești cu mine-n gândul clar.

Luna se-nalță, blândă, pe cer,

Lumina-i dansează-ntr-un vis efemer.

Șoapte de raze alunecă-n vânt,

Mângâie noaptea cu farmec și cânt.

Pe luciul apei se oglindește,

Tainic, în taină, tot strălucește.

Stelele-i șoptesc povești neștiute,

Doruri uitate, iubiri netrăite.

Străjeră veșnică-n nopți de mister,

Mângâie vise, privește spre cer.

Și când se ascunde sub norii de fum,

Inima lumii tresare oricum.

Luna cea albă, mereu călătoare,

Sufletu-și lasă în nopți visătoare.

Și chiar de se stinge-n zori undeva,

Noaptea ce vine o va readuce-n ea.

Ești rana închisă în inima mea,

O umbră ce-n taină mă cheamă mereu,

Durerea ce arde, dar nu va cădea,

Un foc ce se stinge încet, dar e-al meu.

Ești visul ce-ntoarce trecutul pierdut,

Un dor fără nume, ascuns și profund,

Ești glasul tăcut ce n-a mai durut,

Dar încă tresaltă sub cerul rotund.

Ești ploaia târzie ce cade ușor,

Pe gânduri ce-n noapte se pierd legănând,

Ești vântul ce suflă cu-al vieții fior,

Un cântec uitat, dar mereu fremătând.

Ești rana închisă în inima mea,

O taină ce doare, dar nu pot să-ți cer

Să pleci… căci iubirea, oricât ar dura,

Rămâne, tăcută, un veșnic mister.

Să plec a fost o mângâiere,

Un dor ascuns, o înviere.

Am înțeles ce-i de păstrat,

Ce-a fost uitat, ce-a fost iertat.

Din rădăcini cresc ramuri noi,

Dar nu uităm ce-i sub noi doi.

Cuvintele rămân tăcute,

Dar faptele sunt celeute.

În încheiere spun cu rost:

Tot ce-am pierdut, tot ce-am fost,

M-au învățat să merg spre soare,

Să las în urmă ce mă doare.

Cât chipul meu deasupra ta...

Prin valuri te iubește...

Să știi că-n piept eu am o stea...

Ce-n hău cumplit trăiește...

Și cât mă scurg prin ochii tăi...

Agațăte de mine...

Căci știu ce-n lumea asta vrei...

Și ce se-ascunde-n tine...

În lume să iubești e greu...

Și nu-i o fericire...

Căci nu-l cătăm pe Dumnezeu...

Și nu avem iubire...

Și totate-mi par... Că-ncet se sting...

În lumea fără stele...

Cât ochi cu negru se aprind...

Cu gândurile lor “grele”...

Dragă eu, de demult și de acum

Ți-ai spus povestea de-atâtea ori,

În nopți tăcute, printre nori,

Dar n-ai știut cui s-o aduci,

Așa că-o scriu, s-o ții în cruci.

Ai dat mai mult decât ți-au cerut,

Și poate nici n-au știut,

Că-n tine, lumea s-a tot dus

Cu fiecare “nu” nespus.

Ai avut prietene cu glas dulce,

Ce-n timp au ars, și-au vrut să se culce

În uitare, dar tu, deși rănită,

Le-ai ținut în suflet, ca pe-o rugăciune nesfârșită.

Ai iubit fără să rostești,

Ai scris ce n-ai putut să crești

Cu el, băiatul ce părea

Că-n ochii lui viața avea.

Ți-ai pus pe mână o brățară

Ca să nu uiți… a fost odară

Ceva ce doar tu ai simțit,

Și totuși, totul s-a sfârșit.

Dar nu-i nimic, ai fost reală,

Chiar dacă lumea a fost goală.

Ești fragilă..

Tu scrii durerea fără temă.

N-ai încetat să crezi în bine,

Chiar când toți pașii dor de tine.

Ai obosit, dar n-ai cedat,

Ai plâns tăcut, dar ai iertat.

Tu nu ești simplă, tu ești foc

Uneori ascuns sub gheață, fără loc

Tu ești un vers nespuns din plin 

Ce bate-n inimă ca un refren divin 

Azi, dacă te-ntrebi cine-ai fost,

Și simți că totu-i fără rost,

Amintește-ți: ești o poveste

Pe care viața o citește.

Fata mea n-a vrut să fie zână,

Nici umbră de vis în poeme goale.

A vrut să fie rană deschisă,

Și adevăr crud, sculptat în oase.

Fata mea n-a vrut să fie lumină,

Căci lumina se vinde pe colțuri de stradă.

A ales întunericul, ca pe un pat,

Unde doar inimile arse o întreabă.

Fata mea n-a vrut să fie iubită,

Ci doar privită ca un blestem.

Un chip care trece prin lume

Ca un cuțit învelit în parfum.

O prea tânără floare,

Bate la ușa inimii mele.

Vreau să-i deschid că știu c-o doare,

Dar ușile-mi sunt de piatră și-s tare grele.

Privește spre a mea inimă și se ofilește,

Îngenunchează de frig și dragoste îmi cere.

Iar cu foste amintiri oare se învelește,

Vreau s-o primesc,dar sufletu-mi e plin de durere.

Urlă și mă roagă să-i deschid calea spre inima mea,

S-o primesc acolo unde i-a fost cald și bine.

Însă nu !!! Când a avut ocazia să stea în ea,

A plecat și doar și-a șters picioarele de mine.

As from work I came back home,

And stood in front of my door,

I noticed a small envelope on the floor,

It was about an event, not here in Rome.

It was an invitation to a dance,

A waltz in San Marino, in the three towers.

It said, to arrive between the nights hours, with flowers,

And not to leave your apperance to chance, make sure to bring your best glance.

The envelope had such a powerful smell,

As to read I begin, it made my head spin.

At the same time, it was slowly pulling me in,

It was as if I was under a sort of spell.

Inside, a letter with a small kiss at the end,

It was stamped with a single name,  Dery.

Both in a red so dark-it's origin I couldn't comprehend…

It wasn't the juice of any berry but maybe, a black cherry?

The day of the party grew nearer,

And things started to become clearer.

It must have been some sort of elaborate trick,

This was probably how someone got their kick.

I wanted to look up the party online,

But I couldn't find anything that to the date would align.

Intrigue was taking over me and with myself, I could agree,

That I needed to go and what this was about, to see.

I decided to wear my best, navy blue with the black hue,

I was happy with my decision when I saw who,

Was going to attend and how much they were able to spend.

The richest men and women from their cars would descend.

Some of the wealthiest people of the world gathered,

For an event I didn't even know about, let alone how much it actually mattered.

It seemed like the biggest thing of the year,

But it would appear, that online no one knew what was going on here.

The music was blaring all around the yard,

Although there was no sight of any sort of guard.

We were all asked inside the ball-room,

I was wondering how Dery our night would try to illume.

Suddenly, a thunder sounded like it cracked the sky.

I had a feeling that something dark was nigh.

As if it was so close that I could hear,

Whispering in my ear, to it drawing me near.

I stopped and went away from the crowd,

In the mirror I saw something, to myself I thought,

I looked and looked but around me was naught.

I continued and to myself that by nothing I will be scared I avowed.

The room was massive, it even had a mezzanine floor,

We were all invited to drinks and the party started to roar.

The wine was exquisite, it had clearly been aged for a while,

And as the music changed, our host came down the stairs with a slight smile.

My jaw dropped when I saw who in front of us stopped,

The person who came down the stairs,

Looked like out of a movie she had been cropped.

She declared the party open, requesting us to stop from our affairs and form pairs.

As I was the only alone one,

I really stuck out as the sore thumb,

When by her eyes I was found, I wanted to run,

But she beckoned me and my legs felt numb.

The sound of her stilettos drowned out the ceaseless dance,

As she spun around the crowd, as if she was in a shroud, of mist.

But before I could understand my circumstance,

She took me by the wrist and made us twist.

She was dazzling to all who laid eyes upon her,

Wearing a long red dress but not leaving much for me to guess.

The way her olive skin, brown eyes and freckled cheeks her beauty would confer was leaving my mind in an endless blur,

Barely able to convalesce, with haste I grabbed her hand and waist, trying to impress.

She gave me her first smile of the night,

With a deep look into the eyes,

I didn't stop to think of what that implies,

Because at first sight, everything felt just right.

But suddenly, I had the strangest feeling,

My instinct told me that I had seen her before,

It was as if something from me she was concealing.

She reminded me of someone I used to adore, the way she moved, the things she wore…

She had the gentleness of a red aster,

And as the crescendo was quickly approaching,

She on my chest was intentionally encroaching.

Faster, and please hold your partners closer, said the choirmaster.

Step by step, we entered into the limelight,

The only couple who the speed could withstand,

I grabbed her hand, trying to make the last move truly grand,

She understood, held me tight and let me take her to another height.

As we released each other, everyone stood aside,

The cheers of the crowd were like those of a choir,

Now, it was clear, between us, there was a fire.

There was no emotion left to hide, her smile was just as bright as the moon outside.

I was almost exhausted to death,

But she didn't even seem affected,

And after herself she had quickly collected,

With her next breath she whispered a shibboleth.

I knew the dialect but barely remembered the word.

Her lips slowly mumbled the phrase: Hazırlayın!

She could tell that not only I had heard but it's meaning I had inferred.

Not staying, she slowly went up the steps, her message clearly conveying.

Two servants quickly rushed behind her,

Before one came to tell me,

"Our mistress at the top wishes to see thee.

" Please make your way to the stairs, sir."

It hit me, as I entered the room at the top of the tower,

Everything smelled of orris, more expensive than anything aurous.

And on the bed, a tag attached to a small but gorgeous red flower,

As a chorus, we both read "Scadoxus multiflorus."

" Maybe you know what type it is? What it's called I mean. "

Her voice seemed to come out of no-where,

' I could swear there was no one there'.

" On the name your ideas have to convene, it'll make sense of everything you've seen."

I tried, I wanted to scream, to yell, to shout,

But she grabbed me before my mouth I could move,

" Shush now, you've got nothing more to prove,"

" I am ecstatic you finally figured it out."

I tried to open my mouth but no words would come out,

" I shall allow you to speak but shhhh..not too loud."

" I ask of thee not to offer me any reason your integrity to doubt. "

She snapped her fingers but I said naught aloud, maybe I was just too proud.

" Thou in sooth have nothing to say? Very well, then at least offer me a dance."

I grabbed her hand and waist once more and started slow,

" I don't suppose there's any chance but is this about a romance? "

Her eyes began to glow as we danced to the music below.

" So tell me now, are you a vampire of yore? "

" Thou ought not to name any lady that way, she says as at me she smiles."

" Although yes, from before-Europe Suleiman to conquer swore,"

" Hence I barely escaped the body piles from the Carmonica trials.  "

' So tell me, dear lady what is your name? Dery must surely not be it. '

" Ah, thou hath to notice, thou is only half right."

" Derya is not my birthname, only one my situation to befit. "

" Then, Derya, if to ask I might, what is the flower in our sight? "

" 'Tis here so thou canst avoid the pain…"

' Pain? What are you even talking about? '

" Thou didn't think I brought thee here in vain…"

" Thou are here for a reason, for that there should be no doubt."

" I have examined thou for a very long time, "

" We have met before…a long time back, ten years ago, "

" I wished to help thee grow but life happened and I had to go,"

" Thou were twenty five then, in your prime. "

" You mean…Aysel? Is that really you?"

" You just left me, without any warning…"

" I woke up that day and you were gone by the morning…"

" Why? I still have no clue…that was 5 years of us that you just threw…"

" Thou were too young my motives to comprehended.  "

" Thou were afraid of thine future, of us becoming more,"

'Did you ever try your mistake to amend? I thought my search will never end… '

' How is that fair to me? My heart it tore, it hurt me to my core.'

"I was frightened that eternity with me you wouldn't want to spend… "

"But I hath given this much consideration."

"Thus I am offering you a choice, how to live thy live and its duration,"

"Drink from the tea on that table and your mortal life will end."

"From the sun you will have to hide and the hunters that will constantly be a thorn in your side,"

"Thy life will be one of knowledge and power,"

"But with misery and despair the Earth you'll scour."

"Doth not worry, thou will have a bride who through this life will guide."

"Thou may take thy leave now although we shall never meet again,"

"Our love you'll have to finally forfeit and forget."

'And yet, how long has it been since someone like me you've met?'

"To my disdain, beloved, centuries have passed in vain."

So now, your decision please make

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Drink the tea

As our bodies unclasp from each others warm embrace,

I didn't want to lose the pace as I bring the tea to my face,

She grabs my neck and whispers in my ear.

"I love you"…I said 'I love you too' with no fear…

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Leave

As our bodies unclasp from each others warm embrace,

I saw the sadness in her face as I made to leave that place,

With a smile I weaved through the crowd, the dance…

…Knowing it wouldn't be by chance...that my life to something better would advance.

Daca n-ai fi tu soarele s-ar stinge pentru mine,

Gândul meu ar fi val zbuciumat,

Inima ar rătăci printre ruine..

Daca n-ai fi tu, lumina din ochi ar pieri,

Te-as cauta ca un nebun printre amintiri,

Si-ntr-un final as adormi,devenind trecut..

Așadar,ramai,ramai te rog,ca sa pot trai..