Edition #10
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Luciana Pontes
Edited by Limi Kalapurackal
ode to the lyricism
you will not suffer, O my beloved
you will never suffer the pain of the vain
ultraviolet
pierces my skin
I dived into the bedside book
you
will not suffer,
in the middle of the diluted
people that flow the streets
in your candid brown eyes
who am I
who
stop
whose voice is this
this unique voice that sounds in my ear
whose voice is this that
hallucinates me
what is this voice
no, do not use this word
other wide spaces,
another blue immensity
I am completely
no, don’t finish that
sentence
do not be that person
who
I am completely in love
you play the guitar like no one else does
I dived into the bedside book
You will not suffer, O my beloved
whose unique voice is this
whose is it
​this voice
do not continue
for you can not really see
what’s beyond the verse
I beg you, please
have mercy,
I'm just
another woman
I ask you,
have mercy,
I'm just
another one
in the midst
of so many
one equal
I'm just a
simple poet
I beg you
forget me
I can be free
O my beloved
do not dare to bleed close to me
for I cannot handle your suffering
I can only sustain mine
do not being someone
please those who do not
love you
who only desire you
It's the ray of light
that touches me again!
these are my last verses
please everyone
so you will live in
peace
you will fall into oblivion
you will not suffer,
O my beloved
inside my heart I feel
someone else’s love
ultraviolet
piece my skin
like never before
and let me love her
for she is my heaven
I dived into the bedside book
O my beloved, from my heart,
adieu! and I love you
you will forever be stuck
on one poor verse
no one will ever read
your words
not dare to finish
the next sentence
for you do not know
what love is
do not finish this poem
do not be someone
no one will ever hear
you are alone
and will always be
