God of Love

When the sun is bleaking in the dawn
You fill my soul with a magical mist
I can hear you in the birds' voice
Who cherish the new day being born
They sing the sheer joy to exist
And in their chant there I rejoice


I found you dear God of joy
You are the light nothing can destroy


When the waves are crushing in the sea

You empower my body with glowing sparkles

I can feel the sublimity of such a force
Which binds sun and moon through gravity
They enchant the tides to create marvels
And in their blended motion I find the Source


I found you dear God of power
You are my rock in every hour


When the stars are embeleshing the night
You uplift my mind with a glorious shine
I can see the galaxies throughout infinity
Who reveal mysteries with a crystal insight
They show us the grandeur of space and time
And I watch how small and wide is eternity


I found you dear God of Truth
You are the sight of our blinded youth

When the mother holds to her breast the child

You melt my heart with your tender embrace

I can sense the holly bond of life burning

Which sparks a flame so gentle and wild

They are one blood from the family of human race

And in their warmth I wake up and start dreaming

I found you dear God of Love

You are like that subtle divine flying dove...

17.03.2011


I don't know how it happened, but when I finished this poem it looked like the rhymes were all wrong  and unsymmetrical in the main strophes, I got really frustrated because I thought I would have to redo it all again. Then I looked closely and noticed each rhyme has 2 verses of interval between each other, which is kind of cool. There is no predefined rhyme structure in each stanza, but afterall there is an interdependent logic when you check closely. The melodic rythmn is not felt instantly like in the other poems because the verses are all crossed...but in end I'm happy that it turned out differently from what I imagined.

Dear one

I hope today is a sunny day for you. Do you feel the life flourishing around you? Do you see the gifts God gives you everyday? Do you feel the joy in your heart and the sheer excitement to live another day?

I always try to be happy because I believe God made me - and you, all of us - to be happy, not sad. So in order to honour God and the life the he gives us, we should always try to be the best version of ourselves. Don't you think so?


There is so much love is the world and in the beauty around us, we just need to open ourselves to feel it.
Sometimes when I am feeling that love, I feel so light like if I am going to fly with a bunch of hot air ballons inside me. Have you ever felt that?


What is the most important thing in the world for you? For me, it is truth. That simple, basic, clear, crystal truth. It is often hard to see the truth through all the distractions and everyday illusions of the routine. Often what seems, is not. But if we keep a pure child-like heart, if we dress ourselves with love and make peace with what is, and smile even in our liver, the truth will shine.


Sometimes I have this fantasy of living on top of a mountain with just the simple things of life, like the people from the past. How easy must it be to feel the truth, beauty and love in that way of life!
Do you feel it presently in your way of life? Have you found the way?


Life is a constant search, we are never fully complete. Perfection is always an unfinished job. But as long as we have a purpose, that's what matters. To be significant.


Do you love the world, dear one? Do you feel that compassion?
I have hope for the world. The world is made of people - like you and me - and there are good people. Love has the power. More power than anything else. We just need to build that power with faith.

photo: 27.02.2011 Late afternoon sun peeking throught the trees in the Fern Valley, in Buçaco forest (notice how the tree in the middle looks like it has yellow leaves, when in reality the yellow is given to the leaves by the sunlight, because in naked eye the leaves are all green. I love this tree and the way it appears to be floating in the air, so light and perfect, it looks like a painting)

The House

There is a house on top of a hill

As true and dreamy as a windmill

A lovely house where flowers grow

And corn breeds on the fields below

There is a house where children giggle

So full of light but not regal

A paradise for the little boy

And the perfect nest for pure joy

There is a house in the heart nature

Where love is real beyond the picture

A house who sings the voice of God

And paints His beauty so broad

There is a house, it's not a dream!

It's in a place I have never been

But I can tell you someday you'll see

There will grow a sweet family...



28.02.2011

photo: Emmental - Lauperswil

Prision of Gold

There is a gold crown on her head
And people think she's a queen
But it's a crown of thorns instead
And the pain is yet unseen

Today she learned that less is more
As she is standing alone on the shore

There's a bracelet around her hand
Engraved with gems so precious
As a handcuff trying to pretend
She is lucky and just so gorgeous

Today she learned freedom as no price
As she is throwing another dice

There is a luminous smile on her face
Which shines all along the way
But hiding memories she can't erase
To thrive through another day

Today she learned the joy of the child
As she is running into the wild

Royal necklace lays on her chest
One she dreamed of for so long
But as a rope tied for arrest
It's suffocating her lifesong

Today she learned dreams can be misleading
And sometimes not worth achieving

-"Was it meant to be like this?
  Did I need a poisoned kiss?"
-"Is it for my spiritual growth?
  Is this the something that I chose?"

And as she looked up empty and alone
A voice whispered from the unknown:

You shall know the truth my child
Just return to your eternal essence
And keep your pure heart so mild
Life will bloom with a holy fragance...

23.02.2011

Love actually is...all around

When you wake up wishing for sun

But the rain is painting your window

Draw a smile and have fun

Later there will be a rainbow

When life is black and white

And you can’t seem to tune the colours

Hold my hand until the daylight

Come friend, the night is ours

When you think the world is mad

- Is peace just a word on the bookshelf?

Look up and don’t be sad

You see, peace is inside yourself!

When you have lost faith in love

Searched but did not found

Smile and keep faith on above

Love actually…is all around!

22.02.2011

Rebirth

She is walking through a forest
Hovered by a veil of darkness
Gazing with awe at the shadows
Dress swirled by the dance of dust

She is whispering a devoted prayer
Clinging to an imaginary rope
Blindly painting layer after layer
The bleak forest with brushes of hope

She is looking for the angels
Whom she heard of in the books
But as she runs there are devils
Tangling her dress on their hooks

As she swoons body and heart
A crystal water floods her eye
The moth dress tears apart
And she reborns like butterfly

21.02.2011

The Way

There is way, clear and wide
There is a ray of light by your side
Don't stay astray, don't subside
Look at your heart to be your guide

21.02.2011

Blue Freedom

Flying in the sea of blue
Swimming lightly in thin air
Breathing this freedom through
Floating in between nowhere...

20.02.2011

photo: 24.12.2010.

Return

Here I arrive to the start of something new
Now I'm reborn to a soul of innocence
Now I can see the dream I once drew
Here I return to the truth of your presence

20.02.2011

photo: 2005 Vila do Conde beach, Portugal