Te rog de azi

Ți am oferit din timp

Și au trecut  ani

Mi ai adus soare,

Și au apărut încet, stropi de ploaie

Vorbeam cu mine despre tine

Și mă întrebam..

Oare a mai rămas iubire ?

Sau poate doar o amăgire ?

De dimineață, intr o joi..

M am trezit goală, fără noi

Și m a durut atât de tare

Pentru ca am crezut intr o schimbare.

Priveam totul ca pe o amentire..

Ca pe ceva, ce n avea sa mai fie

Deși încă nu renunțasem la iubire

Se terminase pentru mine…

N. S.

Soarele apune iar eu

Mă gândesc la tine draga mea,

Cu ochii plini de lacrimii

Îmi înghit în sec amarul

Zi și noapte plâng de dorul tău

Că-i plecat, iar acum inima 

Îmi geme de durere...

Întoarce-te la mine draga mea!

Un mort frumos cu ochii vii 

E-n noi,in fiecare, 

Când încercăm ,trist,a privi 

Mai dincolo de zare...

Când adânciți în sinele 

Ce tremura și doare 

Știm ca-ntr-o zi ne vom lupta 

Cu cavalerul morții negre 

Ce ne va sta in cale..

Și va fi lupta cea mai grea,

Mai teribilă,mai mare .

El ne va împinge spre tenebre,

Și sufletul doar are 

Puterea de-a le-nvinge 

Prin alba arip-a speranței 

La liniștea eterna,la pacea aceea mare...

Cu greu eu mai ridic din cap, 

Privirea spre înaltul cer.

Căci azi, eu tot ce mai zăresc în faț, 

Sunt umbra și picioarele. 

    Ieri pe strada am zărit 

    Un cățel mic,mic.

    Însă,tare îmi era frica,

   Ca sare și mă mănâncă.

  Însă micuțul de el,

  Cauta că sa se joace.

  Era alb și pufos

  Si cu un năsuc frumos.

Iarna va fii mereu

Dar eu inca astept

Primavara sa vorbim

Vara sa ne iubim

toamna sa ne departim

Si din nou.

Te port în clipele târzii

Ca pe-o lumină ce se stinge,

Și-n liniștea din nopți pustii

Îți simt absența cum mă-nvinge.

Nu știu de ești sau nu mai ești

În lumea-n care eu mai ard,

Dar dorul meu, de-l întâlnești, 

Ți-ar spune tot de unde cad.

Că te-am iubit fără măsură,

Cu-un suflet simplu, ne-nțeles,

Și azi, în marea de tăcere,

Sunt doar un nume necules.

Iar mintea, valuri ce se frâng,

Mă poartă-n cercuri fără rost,

Îmi spune blând că nu mai sunt,

Apoi mă-ntreabă cine-am fost.

Și poate tu, sub alt apus,

Trăiești senin, fără să știi

Că-n mine timpul s-a supus

Unei lumi unde nu-mi aparții 

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…

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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.

Mi te-am infuzat în sânge și acum simt cum mă pierd,

Ești drogul ce-mi cutremură temelia ființei mele,

Realitatea îmi fuge printre degete, ca nisipul fin,

Și-n vâltoarea ta, eu, o ancoră fără țărm, mă învârt.

Ai devenit seva ce prin vene-mi curge zilnic,

Un elixir amar și  totuși necesar ,

Bătaia inimii ,tu ești ritmul clinic,

Mă ții în viață, mă faci să delirez.

Nu mai sunt fix, un vas pe un ocean învolburat,

Cu busola spartă, navigând într-o furtună de tine,

În acest haos, ești singura constantă, neîncetat,

Ești furtuna, calmul și valurile ce mă înclină.

Infuzat cu esența ta, ce-mi invadează totul,

Lupt să recâștig balanța, însă tu ești ,

Te-ai topit în ființa mea, o adicție ce nu cunoaște leac,

Și-n acest turbinio, destine încleștate.

Întreab-o dacă trupul ei

E refugiu sau câmp de luptă.

Dacă pielea-i o hartă ce arde sub priviri

Sau o pagină goală când n-o citește nimeni.

Întreab-o cui i-a spus „te iubesc”

Și n-a primit răspuns,

Ce cicatrici a învățat

Să le poarte ca bijuterii.

Întreab-o ce o face să tremure

Când nu e frig,

Și de ce zâmbește

Când cade în gol cu ochii închiși.

Întreab-o ce vise i s-au frânt

Când au numit-o prea mult,

Prea tăcută, prea vie,

Prea femeie pentru o lume.

Iar dacă, după toate umbrele,

Îți oferă un zâmbet tăcut,

Fii scânteia ce o luminează,

Să o atingi doar cu sufletul, mut.

Zâmbetul meu e o busolă,

după care te ghidezi în iubire,

ca și cum nordul ar fi un dor,

iar sudul - o promisiune nerostită.

Pe harta inimii tale

nu există granițe,

doar valuri care se izbesc

de țărmul privirii mele,

căutând mereu limanul liniștit.

Când pașii tăi rătăcesc

prin lumea de tăcere,

zâmbetul meu devine lumină,

un semn scrijelit pe cer

de îngerii care nu dorm.

Și-atunci, între noi,

se întinde o cale tăcută,

unde iubirea nu rostește întrebări,

ci doar răspunsuri scrise

cu litere de foc, în eter.

Iar tu,

te lași purtată de această busolă,

fără teamă, fără ezitare,

ca și cum întreg universul

ar încăpea într-un singur zâmbet -

al meu.

Zâmbetul meu dereglează, delicat,

busola tăinuită a inimii tale,

și o face să uite nordul,

rătăcind printre curenți de dor.

A rămas un scaun gol

În odaia părăsită,

Cu un dor ce arde-n colț

Și o liniște zdrobită.

Plânge fără glas, încet,

De un dor ce n-are sfârșit,

Cine-i va aduce-ncet

Pe cel drag, și pe cel drept?

Toată casa e pustie,

Dar acel scaun stingher

Povestește în tăcere

Despre drag și despre cer.

El e scaunul uitării,

Martor veșnic, neclintit,

Umbra rece-a alinării,

Acel dor de nesfârșit.

Semn al celor ce s-au dus,

Ce-au plecat fără de veste,

Fiecare, la apus,

Lasă-n urmă o poveste.

A rămas un scaun mut,

Ca un martor al durerii,

Doamne, dacă n-am să-l uit,

Dă-mi alin și-un gând dorit.