Întuneric

Tu ești aici, te simt departe
Între timp, fulgeră și tună,
Mă trezesc speriat în noapte
Te mai aud decât în șoapte
Afară... e furtună.
    
Pari pierdută, dispari prin vise
Unde îți cauți cavalerul,
Tu cu florile-n câmpii întinse
Îți zâmbește cerul, te vezi deja regina.
La mine... fulgeră și tună.
    
Chipul ți-e senin, soarele te-alintă
Și te-nvelesc când noaptea-i rece,
Pierdut suspin la geam
Timpul... parcă nu mai trece.
Încă fulgeră și tună.
    
Afară... e furtună.

    
Mă trezesc speriat în noapte
Tu ești aici și îmi zâmbești,
Dar printre ale tale șoapte
În depărtare parcă tună...
      Va fi furtună!

 (autor: Aurel Alexandru Donciu /  volumul Șoaptele Nopții ( editura Galaxia Gutenberg, 2020 - ISBN: 978-973-0-32645-1 / Toate drepturile rezervate )

Am râs, cu un râs ciudat, de noi, de-un gând

Să te țin acum in brațe strâns,

Dar m-am întors, sfios plângând…

Cu plâns ciudat, ciudat ai plâns!

Ciudată noaptea ce-a venit

Cu luna noastră misterioasă,

De ochii mei te-a dezvelit

De ochii mei necredincioasă.

Și, iată, tot ce eu trăiesc

Trăiesc cu tine-un legământ,

O fi ciudat că te iubesc

Cum te trăiesc pe-acest pământ.

Iar când umbre se răstesc la mine

În umbra ta mă fac pierdut

Nemărginit rămas de tine,

Eu… ciudatul dispărut.

O fi ciudat că adorm cu tine

În gândul meu tu vis ciudat…

În dimineața care vine

În visul tău, tu m-ai uitat!

(autor: Aurel Alexandru Donciu / volum: Cub de gheață - 2020 editura Etnous / ISBN: 978-606-712-760-7 - Toate drepturile rezervate)

 Unde sunt poeții noștri
 Când corăbii în larg dispar
 Și apare în calea noastră
 Numai umbra unui far?
 
 Unde sunt poeții noștri
 Atunci când visele dispar
 Și răsăritu-i plin de nori
 Cu valuri sparte în zadar?
 
 Oare unde sunt poeții noștri
 Când aleile-s întunecate
 Și zărim prin umbre monștri
 Ce ne-ndeamnă în păcate!?

 Unde sunt poeții noștri

 Ce demult au fost uitați,

 Creionând doi ochi albaștri

 Ne-nțeleși și resemnați.

 Unde sunt poeții noștri
 Când frunzele nu pot zbura
 Iar căderea stelelor
 Strigă-n cer: -Nu mă uita!

(autor: Aurel Alexandru Donciu /  Creatie aparuta in volumul Soaptele Noptii ( editura Galaxia Gutenberg, 2020 ) si in volumul Cub de gheață ( editura Etnous, 2020 ) Toate drepturile rezervate.

Te scriu cu pietrele de apă

în râuri curgătoare

Să te cunoască și peștii …

și caii ce se-adapă

așa … nemuritoare.

Te scriu cu stelele pe pământ

să se mire de tine și cerul

cât ești de strălucitoare,

Să te iubească cât te iubesc

și să rămâi … nemuritoare.

Te scriu cu dorul meu

pe o inimă deschisă

Să mi te trimit lui Dumnezeu …

ca o flacără aprinsă,

să te știu … nemuritoare.

(autor: Aurel Alexandru Donciu / volum: Cub de gheață - 2020 editura Etnous / ISBN: 978-606-712-760-7)

Am clipit

Și tu ai rămas

Fata din trecut

Și m-am mânhnit …

Și într-o clipă am devenit

nenăscut!

Am mai clipit odată

Și ai venit

De undeva din trecut …

Dar unde eu eram cândva,

Tu mă priveai prin timp

nenăscut!

(autor: Aurel Alexandru Donciu / volum: Cub de gheață - 2020 editura Etnous / ISBN: 978-606-712-760-7)

Tăcerea mea acum să-ți spună

cât de multe ți-aș fi spus,

Și un gând de-al meu să îți rămână

unde dorul te-a ajuns.

Când vei fi singură să mă citești

mișunând prin inimioara ta,

Și prin timp să mă privești…

să mă vezi curgând prin ea.

(autor: Aurel Alexandru Donciu / Volum: Cub de gheață, Editura Etnous, Brasov, 2020. ISBN: 978-606-712-760-7 )

LÂNGĂ  GEAM  ÎMI  BEAU  CAFEAUA ,

S -A  RĂCIT  DE  CÂND  PRIVESC !

ADORMITĂ -MI GRĂDINA  ;

NUMAI  IARNA  ,POARTĂ  VINA ...

DAR  MĂ  BUCUR  CA COPILUL

CE-Ș  GĂSEȘTE  ...JUCĂRIA ...

MĂ  GÂNDESC ,LA ZIUA -N  CARE :

CÂTE  FLORI  VOR  FI  ÎN  EA ?

CÂND  GRĂDINA  VA  ÎNVIA !...

Voi cânta pentru tine!
...
Voi cânta oricând pentru tine,
Pentru ce ești în mine,
Tu ai făcut să fiu altfel
Voi cânta oricând pentru tine,
Același cântec. Și-n el
Vor străluci cuvintele mele
Cuvintele mele-adunate
Într-o viață de dor,
Într-o viață în care
Fără tine zilele toate
Purtau pe clipele lor
Din inima ce bate
Acel foc arzător
Oglindit în stele
Și-n sclipirea lor!
...
Voi cânta pentru tine oricând,
Știu bine, știu bine, tăcând!
Ca-n vremea aceea-n care
Privirile tale incredibil de verzi
Simțeam că mă pătrund
Și doream atât de mult
Să mă îmbrățișezi
Să-mi simți inima bătând
Și sufletul arzând!
Voi cânta pentru tine oricând,
Oricând, oricând, oricând!
Sufletul meu blând!

Port în mine umbre vechi,
Pași rămași pe drumuri stinse,
Vorbe care ard în piept
Și promisiuni neterminate, scrise.

Ai fost cândva tot ce știam,
Un far, un dor, o rană vie —
Dar timpul n-a iertat nimic,
Doar m-a lăsat cu o pustie.

Acum, o altă mână se întinde,
Un zâmbet nou mă strigă blând,
Și sufletul mi se desprinde
Între „ce-a fost” și „ce-avem în gând”.

Simt iubirea cum renaște,
Dar în mine e tăcere,
Fiindcă inima-mi vorbește
Pe două voci și cu durere.

Să aleg ce-a fost — cunoscut, sigur,
Sau ce-ar putea să fie — vis curat?
Să-mi rup din mine un trecut
Sau să risc totul pentru un nou început?

Confuzia mă ține-n loc,
Ca vântul care schimbă marea,
Dar poate, uneori, e foc
Și-n rătăcire... salvarea.

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.

Primăvara am pornit s-o caut,

Cu firul alb-roșu legat de dor,

Știam că undeva, în lume,

Se ascunde cel mai scump mărțișor.

Am întrebat florile zglobii,

Le-am prins de mânecă

(și ce să vezi),

Mi-au răspuns râzând ironic:

„E mai aproape decât crezi.”

(hmmm)

După ce-am ajuns la capătul pământului,

Am zis: gata, în fine,

Până când florile mi-au aruncat cu o piatră-n cap

Și-am văzut primăvara-nflorind odată cu tine.

Din drum, din gând, din răsărit,

Ghioceii cântau de zor,

Din urechi îți creșteau lalele,

Iar eu nu puteam decât să te ador.

Și-atunci am înțeles:

Nu trebuia să mai caut deloc.

Primăvara începe cu tine,

Tu ești… cel mai scump mărțișor.

Și ție, celui mai scump mărțișor,

Îți dăruiesc din adâncul inimii mele

Drept mărțișor…

Bolta cu stele.

Bate firul de lumină

Ușurel la mine-n geam

Mă trezește și mă cheamă

Să-mi arate sus în deal

Covorașul de petale

Ale florilor de măr

Unduind  pe iarba verde,

Nu departe de pritvor.

Timorat mă atinge vântul

Călător însingurat

Șoptind vorbe de iubire

Mesage din sat în sat.