"lilac wine" (james alan shelton)

(fotografia de nobuyoshi araki, "untitled", 1998)


"I lost myself on a cool damp night
I gave myself in that misty light
Was hypnotized by a strange delight
Under a lilac tree

I made wine from the lilac tree
Put my heart in its recipe
It makes me see what I want to see
And be what I want to be

When I think more than I want to think
Do things I never should do
I drink much more that I ought to drink
Because it brings me back you

Lilac wine is sweet and heady,
Like my love
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady,
Like my love

Listen to me, I cannot see clearly
Isn't that she, coming to me
Nearly here

Lilac wine is sweet and heady,
Where's my love
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady,
Where's my love

Listen to me, why is everything so hazy
Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear

Lilac wine, I feel unready for my love
Feel unready, for my love." (1)

jeff buckley


(1) retirado do cd de jeff buckley, grace (1994) e daqui.

a noite abrir-nos-á

(fotografia de nobuyoshi araki, "untitled", 1997)




13.

dizem que a poesia é um modo
de chamar os homens,
de aspirar ao corpo,
de ser esse corpo,
de transformar esse corpo
em bruma de palavras

o sublime mistério
o ardor quando os dedos
tocam a esfinge

a lua dourada que sai da
terra e aspira ao sexo.

jorge vicente