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Fara tine- 

O bărcuța rătăcită pe mare,

O zi fara soare,

Un suflet în pustiu,

O câmpie fara flori,

O lacrima-n zori,

Un oftat târziu,

O carte nescrisă,

Un vers nerostit,

O aripă frânta,

Un vis ne-mplinit,

O floare-ofilita,

Un cânt trist,șoptit,

Un cer înnorat,

Un pas rătăcit...

Iubesc fulgii de nea,

Atât de puri,

Ei cad tacuti,

Acoperind întinsul tot,

Și inima-mi,cu albul lor.

Privesc dansul lor,

Feeric,lin,ușor,

Și mă întorc în timp-

Sunt iar copil,

Am aripi albe,zbor..

Iubesc fulgii de nea,

De-aș fi putut,

As fi ales sa fiu un fulg..

Sa mă topesc tăcut,

Fara durere,

Privind întinsul alb,

Destinul meu frumos

De-a bucura ființe efemere,

Cu suflete zbatandu-se,

Cu lacrimi grele...

Iubesc fulgii de nea,

Și-as vrea ca sufletele noastre

Să aibă albul lor,

Să treacă frumos,sublim,

Prin viață aceasta,

Sa se topească lin,

Fara durere,fara chin,

Cântând frumoasa simfonie

A minunatului lor destin..

Cu chipul blând,

Cu ochi adânci,

Bunicul înger îmi era,

În căsuța mica dintre stânci 

Cu glas duios îmi povestea..

Și prin păduri noi colindam,

Și ce frumos râul curgea,

Și când fierbinte se ruga 

In a satului bisericuța 

In ochii mei un sfânt părea..

Acum s-a stins,

Era un înger pământean,

Acum,e-n cer.

Iubirea mea e vie înca,

Cât mi-aș dori să îl revăd cândva,

Mi-e-atat de dor,

Și lacrima e grea..

Hai,spune-mi,

Nu-i așa că el e-o stea?

Privesc spre cer în noaptea-adanca:

Bunicule,nicicând nu te-oi uita..

Trecem adeseori nebăgați in seama,

Suntem pulbere de nisip,

Oamenii nu vad,oamenii nu vad,

Aurul ascuns în ea,inima noastră..

As vrea sa fiu un fluture de noapte 

Ce ajungând în cămăruță ta 

Timid sa bată din a lui aripa 

Tânjind după privirea ta de-o clipă..

Apoi,cuminte sa se-aseze pe o carte 

Privindu-te cum scrii,târziu în noapte,

Să îți atingă tâmpla gânditoare,

Si-apoi sa zboare iar,departe,

Purtând cu el câteva șoapte:

A fost un vis?

Îl voi păstra până dincolo de moarte..

As vrea sa scriu cea mai frumoasa poezie de pe pământ..

Mai minunata decât cântul lirei,

Mai adâncă decât orice trăire,

Mai sublimă decât zborul rândunelelor și sentimentul din inimă,

Mai copleșitoare decât înaltul cerului,

Mai ,,albastra" decât marea,

Melancolică,privesc spre întinsul nemărginit..

De-aș putea,de-aș putea să cuprind în eternitate versul meu,

Să-l fac infinit..

Dar știu că nu voi reuși,

Și totuși,dau aripi visului meu,

Căci doar zburând spre-nalt 

Poți tinde spre ceea ce visezi a fi..

Ah, șoaptele astea,

fantome ale trecutului

Mă tot vizitează de parcă aș fi

cel mai bun prieten al lor.

Ca un liliac,

mă las ghidat de ecouri vechi și noi,

printr-un infinit absurd.

Cu unele șoapte îți mângâi părul

într-un miros de trandafiri …

Altele … se aprind în noapte

un lampadar de amintiri …

Sunt șoapte ce-mi zvâcnesc în tâmple

și în inimă un dor.

Și mai sunt câteva … atunci când dorm,

te visez … și zbor!

Rădăcinile unui copac,

ce sug din mine ultima picătură de tine …

Mă las pe-o parte, învelit de umbra lor,

și mă duc departe … prin mine,

să te caut,

cu ele.

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

Eu mă uitam mereu după privirile tale

cu timiditatea unei secunde albastre,

sperând să rămân prinsă-n ochii tăi de mare,

și astfel marea să poarte amândouă privirile noastre.

Ca atunci când peștii se aranjează într-un val,

în dimineți amorțite și reci ca oricare,

Să vadă-n reflexia apei dinspre mal,

doi oameni care și-au găsit locul în mare.

Pământul părea că și-a pierdut viața

și noul pământ era în mare și tu în lumea aceasta

vorbeai cu scoicile, cu meduzele, cu steluțele de mare dimineața,

și ai vorbit și cu mine, și-ai încercat, și ești cea mai dulce pentru asta.

Atât voiam să îți scriu, cred ca acum ar trebui sa dorm…

dar dacă totuși vrei să știi,

să-ți vorbesc s-a simțit

ca o zi de primăvară în care am realizat că toți copacii au înflorit… și ca o luptă cu rechini.

(Acum chiar gata,

Noapte bună!)

Privea într-o zi de la mine din gând

Apusul de soare pictat de-un artist,

Aproape absentă și-abia respirând

O doamnă în roșu cu chipul ei trist.

Priveam și-eu ceva, mă uitam fix la ea,

Atât de frumoasă c-aproape nu crezi,

Părea doar un vis dar era altceva:

O doamnă în roșu cu ochii ei verzi.

Clipa din gând trebuia folosită,

Declarații fierbinți, vrăjeli, poezii

I-aș fi tot spus dar părea rătăcită

O doamnă de roșu în viața ei gri.

Mă-ntrebam dacă-s treaz sau poate că dorm,

O cam deranjam, mă gândisem să plec,

Dar nu prea puteam, mă vrăjise enorm

O doamnă în roșu și visul ei sec.

Eram ca blocat, un penibil tablou

Până când totul mi-a vorbit despre ea

Și-am fost mai atent, am privit-o din nou

Pe doamna în roșu... era mama mea!

Atunci m-am trezit, nu puteam să o pierd,

I-am zis mai întâi "te iubesc, ca să știi

Și vino mai des, mamă, să te dezmierd

În roșu, în verde sau cum vei pofti!"

Prin văl de ceață, umbra nopții cade,

Pe a mea piele, o pânză de mister,

Alintă-mă cu soarele din zare,

Cu mângâierea vântului, ușor, plăpând.

Atinge-mă cu razele de lună,

Cu vârf de stea, cu licăriri de mare,

În noapte, fii al meu, o dulce strună,

Ce vibrează în tăcere, fără ocol, pe care.

Cu gesturi delicate, sculptează-mi conturul,

Pe trup, pe suflet, fiecare centimetru,

Ca un artist ce-și cunoaște bine lutul,

Modelându-mi dorințele nesfârșite, din neted în abruptul.

În lumea asta vastă, tu ești poarta,

Spre un eden al simțurilor necunoscute,

Atinge-mă cu vorbe ,

Cu ritmuri ce-n etern se vor traduce.

Înfășoară-mi esența într-un vers etern,

Cu metafore dulci, ce leagă timp de timp,

Alintă-mi sufletul cu al tău univers,

Și fă din clipa noastră un infinit sublim.

Tu, alchimist al sentimentelor pure,

Ce transformi tăcerea într-un imn divin,

Atinge-mă cu al tău suflet ce susură,

Și fă din simplul nostru gest un destin.

În templul acesta viu, ce-i corpul meu,

Fiecare al tău gând devine lege,

Alintă-mi zilele, alină-mi noptile, mereu,

Și fă din acest poem, o lume întreagă, întreg.

Ce este viața fără dor?

Sau fără tine draga mea,

Este ca pomul fără roadă

Pe care nimeni nu îl vrea

Ce este lumea în război?

Ce pacea caută făr'a găsi,

E boală grea ce n-are leac

Speranță de-a trăi încă o zi

Ce este luna fără soare?

Un astru fără strălucire,

Pierdută undeva în galaxie

Și gravitând în rătăcire

Ce este grâul fără pâine?

Semănătură într-un lan,

Dar când din el obții făină

E meritul celui numit..țaran

Ce este omul fără fapte?

Un călător străin fără bilet,

Ce s-a urcat în trenul vieții

Uitând de suflet..și de preț!

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.