BONELESS POEMS

João Ayres



say whatever you want,
but do not get shocked at the words that come and go
so frail they are banging their heads against the noun door
that stands out there facing days and nights
opening and closing books and diaries and even small talk
eyes and years in the land of nowhere.

say whatever you want,
since you seem to be paving the word to immortality,
by taking off you shoes breathing in and out,
Immersed in your toughts which will cease to exist.

BONELESS POEMS

João Ayres



say whatever you want,
but do not get shocked at the words that come and go,
so frail they are banging their heads against the noun door,
that stands out there facing days and nights
opening and closing books and diaries and even small talk
eyes and years in the land of nowhere.

say whatever you want,
since you seem to be paving the word to immortality,
by taking off you shoes breathing in and out,
Immersed in your toughts which will cease to exist.

BONELESS POEMS

João Ayres

It seems so hard to recognize my face in the mirror,
to find whatever can´t be found as I plunge into the dark,
as the wind blows in the opposite direction,
so close to this passive voice as in:
that soul is being taken away by that bloody moon at a given time.

It seems so hard to slit my own throat with the noun chiv,
since life has been invigorated by those menacious clouds,
so I close my eyes to strive for the infinite,
lured by that candle light that is flickering at a distance.