I AM MOVED BY LOVE...

I am moved by LOVE

By my children

And in this concept

I include my brother

And all the children

Of all mothers

Whose eyes are watching me

Awaiting endless answers.

Those children one day will ask

“-Oh Mum! Where are you? Come and help me!”

I want them to feel these verses

And in them travel their returns.

I want them to listen to my letters

Inspirit the strength of comets

And react to their reverses.

I want them to read my soul

And to define theirs in quietness

To revive the person that I am

The good, the bad, the moon, the ground,

The insecurity, the shyness,

The courage, the self-assurance

The person who (with them) has so become

The joy, the happiness, the pain

The person who they know by heart.

I am moved by LOVE

By my offspring

And every offspring

Who one day will think

“-Oh Mum! Where did you go? Come and get me!”

No, I won’t. No.

I’m on these lines, right here.

Be reborn from the ashes

Fight with your own “selves”

Drive away your sorrows.

Forgive your mistakes

Begin again from new waters

Cling to your God

Trust your own harm

Don’t bring down the curtain!

I am moved by LOVE

By my emperor

And all the emperors

By my smile

And all the smiles

By my flower

And all the flowers

By the tenderness in their upbringing

By the sweetness in their loving

One day they will inquire

“-Oh Mum! Where’s the way out?”

Don’t leave! Stay!

Cling to yourself, to your own conscience.

Dialogue with you and your executioner.

Clean up the troubles and put them into a shelf

The yesterday agony into a corner

Begin from zero, inspire

Think of you as a saint in forgiveness

Manoeuvre in life the mast

Sail in the light of tranquillity

Grab to my missing and longing.

I am moved by LOVE

By my parents

And all the parents

Who give all in life

The sacrifice of their armies.

I want to tell them that they deserve

Because they have a magic wand (wound)

To be worthy of a child’s being in their investment

I want to give them a present in the patience

That they cry their pains

In the upbringing of all their loves

I want to tell them that I love them endlessly

And appreciate the blessing, the act of my existence

The tenderness of my sleeping

The will of my awakening.

I am moved by LOVE

By my ancestors

To all ancestors

I want them to watch me

And have endless joys

I want them to live this evening

The echo of all their living

To feel the plenitude

This spark of happiness

And change it into youth

I want them often to think

That it’s good to be here

Even if the body drags itself

I want them to be willing to breathe.

Look at me

And dare dreaming...

Even when the pain hurts

Like a sword in the flesh

Look at us

Children of you

And smile beyond the end

Smile behind the voice.

I am moved by LOVE

The love towards GOD

The creator the pain maker

Because without pain

There isn’t LOVE

God hasn’t got a shape

It’s energy

It fits in us

Of gladness

It’s always here

And nonetheless

All the way

We search it there

I am moved by LOVE

And LOVE is ME.

(by Conceição Sousa)