Eu sunt aici să te iubesc

Sub năframa cenușie 

Chipul soarelui pălise

Peste zarea cea pustie 

Izul toamnei năpădise 

Răcniseră din crâng 

Sub bolta mahmură

Aripi ce se frâng 

Pe veștejita ramură. 

De crivăț scuturate,

Tremurând golașe

Brațele decolorate 

Lăcrimau răvașe.

Purtând zdrențe reci 

Scoarța ruginise, 

Pe nămolitele poteci 

De frigură se zbărcise  

Vibra văzduhul ciuruit 

De stropii fumurii, 

Suflarea tăcu subit 

Sub ochii plumburii..

Viața e o luptă,

De păcate suptă,

Cinstită de virtuți,

Prețuită de cei muți.

Cei orbi o venerează,

Topiți după o rază.

Cei surzi o fredonează ,

Impulsiv o urmează.

Cei țintuiți in cărucioare,

Se ascund în ea,sub soare.

Cei proscriși o chinuie,

Negând a ei linie.

Cei bătuți de necaz,

Fac de valoarea ei haz.

Cei rămași goi subit,

O suportă doar silit.

Cei ce respiră huzur,

Se poartă cu ea dur,

Cerându-i chiar tribut 

Cu o grimasă de temut.

Cei uitați,a nimănui 

Bat in peretele ei cui.

Cei înzestrați cu har 

Ii ridică un altar.

Cei suferinzi o imploră,

O sună din oră În oră.

Cei născuți o leagănă,

Cei bătrâni o deapănă.

Iar moartea ii râde n nas 

Și o pândește pas cu pas..

În sertarul gălbejit

Zace poza de demult;

Chipul palid și boțit 

M-afundä in tumult.

Din trecutul răvășit 

Picură din nebuloasă 

Spiritul cel bântuit

De amintirea dureroasă.

Sărut imaginea din nou

Din suflet amărui .

Din nostalgicul ecou

Bolta mi-o învălui.

Ochii mamei pironiți 

Mai vii că niciodată,

De ploaia mea stropiți 

Din fotografia mată..

Glăsuind în șoapte 

Clipe-n șir, nepieritoare;

Plutesc cu ea in noapte,

Unde visu-i dă suflare..

Iubirea mea amară 

Sub steaua solitară ,

Pierdută în șoapte,

Străină de noapte..

Sub plapuma ca gheața,

Mă -ntampini dimineața;

Privirea mea fadă 

Rătăcește pe stradă..

Te sorb din priviri,

Te caut în amintiri,

Urmele -ti sărut,

Te strig din trecut..

La răsărit ai plecat,

Apusulu-i m -ai lăsat;

Acum e prea târziu 

Chipu-ti nu mai știu..

Nu mai am puterea,

Să -mi curm durerea;

Rămâi doar în vise 

Tu,iubire din culise..

Zbărcesc frunzele uscate

Fața netedă de scoarță 

Pe cărările-nfundate

în puzderie de ceață.

Suflă vântul năucit

peste norul ce fumegă

Din trupul ruginit,

Desprins de pe o creangă

Aripi golașe-n stoluri

Văzduhul împânzirä,

Cuibărindu se de goluri,

În depărtare se topirä.

,ploi mărunte- n tropäit 

Tin isonul pașilor, 

Schițänd câte-un plescäit

Prin crăpătura ușilor. 

Bolta cerne n friguratä

Din năframa cenușie 

Peste ziua spulberatä 

Din a nopții inerție..

O liniște mâzgălită 

De ploaie aburindă 

Mula figura adormită,

Negura s-o cuprindă.

Străzile tăcură 

Și ochii cei de sticlă 

Peste urme picură,

Iar umbrele răsuflă..

Printre foșnetul răzleț 

Vântul fremăta,

Cu briză de îngheț 

Bolta îmbăta..

Foiuau printre năluci 

Din surdina nopții 

Nebuloasele voci,

Ce furnică -n senzații..

Luna-n toropeală 

Plutea -n fibrilații,

Învăluită de răceală 

Sub jet de fluctuații..

Stelele stropeau 

Visele pierdute,

Din abis clipeau 

Peste sufletele mute..

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

----

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…

----

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.

Frumoasa mea de neatins

Tu cu a ta lumină

Călătorești prin al meu vis

Și îmi aduci un pic de tihnă.

Lumină calmă și plăcută

Cu forme bine definite

Mereu tu dragă ești tăcută

În crusta boltei infinite.

Ești floare galbenă pe cer

Candoarea ta mereu e rece

Să vină noaptea eu doar sper

Și de ești tu să nu mai plece.

Când stele mii te înconjoară

Tu parcă ești și mai frumoasă

Și pari o pură domnișoară

Ce mă privește grațioasă.

La mine doar ,parcă privești

În astă noapte lungă

Lumina ta o țintuiești

Privirii să-mi ajungă.

Ești draga dulce nopții mele

Ce mă surprinzi mereu

Alintul gândurilor mele

La căpătâiul meu.

Când zorile aproape sunt

În pragul dimineții

Te depărtezi ,eu pe pământ

Mă zbat în umbra ceții.

        Un zâmbet am pe chip

        Un zâmbet nefericit 

        Un zâmbet mincinos

        Un zâmbet deloc bucuros

        În minciună eu zâmbesc 

        Pe alții de tristețe să nu îmbolnăvesc

        Un suflet făcut bucăți 

        Trecut prin multe greutăți 

        Dar cine e interesat

        Când am fost eu ajutat

        Eu pe toți am ridicat 

        Ei de mine au uitat

        Un zâmbet trist văd în jurul meu

        Un zâmbet trist observ mereu

        Un zâmbet trist am în suflet

        O șoaptă cu ecou de urlet

        Lumea-i tristă în jurul meu 

        Eu asta observ mereu 

        Uneori mă simt vinovat

        Dar adevărul nu l-am aflat 

        Dar de ce să mă simt trist

        Când nu am făcut nimic

        Dar de ce să fiu vinovat 

        Când pe nimeni nu am îngreunat 

        Dar dacă zâmbesc nu sunt fericit 

        Dar dacă râd nu sunt fericit

        Sunt doar în mintea mea rătăcit

        Emoțiile sufletul mi l-au hrănit

        Dar totul n-are legătură

        Să privesc cu atâta ură

        Să nu mai fiu pesimist 

        Să nu mai am un...

          Zâmbet trist..   

Pășesc emoționat pe-aleea cunoscută

Care cândva, demult m-a dus spre tine,

Și unde am rămas până la astă vreme

Purtând și azi același nume-n buletine. 

Cărarea poartă încă multă amintire

Din timpul când pe ea călcam în doi,

Îmbrățișați cu sufletul plin de iubire

Ce ne-a cuprins în mreje pe amândoi. 

Privesc copacii aplecați de timpuri

Care cunosc ce s-a'ntâmplat sub ei,

Și care de-ar putea să spună vorbă

Ne-ar rușina de ce-am făcut sub tei. 

Eram atât de tineri, frumoșii visători

Crezând că vom schimba noi lumea,

Pân' într-o  zi când am gustat amarul

Și am simțit că la mișei..este puterea. 

Mă pun pe banca unde des stăteam

Și meditez la tot ce-am dat în spate,

Spre cer privesc și Lui îi mulțumesc

Pentru ce am, lângă a mea..jumate!

  Prima iubire nu se uita niciodata,

  Nici eu nu te-am uitat.

  Te-am așteptat o vreme bună,

  Și uite, s-a meritat.

  Ca te întorci, nu era niciun semn,

  Dar inima mea bătea pentru tine la fel.

  Aveam emoții, speram ca tu să fii,

  Cel care inima mi va înveseli.

  Inima te strigă…ochii te privesc,

  Ești cel pe care mereu o să-l iubesc.

  Te-am așteptat și nu regret,

  Din contră, chiar îți mulțumesc.

  Pentru ca  m-ai învățat să zâmbesc,

  Și mai mult…să te iubesc!

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..