"Longe do olhar dos outros..."

Special thanks to Primo Tacca Neto for the shimmering image

An interminable approach
Until finally parallel
Then moving
Unfathomably, inexplicably
Apart

Cruel trompe l’oeil
Where drifting away
Disguises itself so well
On the golden horizon
Any blue beyond view

Anil infusing each tone
In the barely veiled dance
Of a patient Salomé
Her words
Like diaphanous scarves
Wafting through your blue,
Her unyielding song
Caressing each longing

Sussurros, suspiros, saudades
Sussurros, suspiros, saudades
Sempre sussurrando

"Longe do olhar dos outros,
respiramos ao mesmo tempo-
como uma engrenagem única e bela."

Our breath now hers
Her words now mine
An exquisite exchange
Of despair and desire

Voracidade saciada
O gosto das amoras amargam
Perco parte dos meus sonhos.