Thursday, September 20, 2012

A Little Closer


All I want to get is, a little bit closer.
All I want to know is, can we come a little closer?

This is how “Closer”, the brand-new Tegan and Sara’ song, starts. As you go through its lyrics, you get the feeling you’re sailing a calm ocean, an ocean of poetic waters. As a matter of fact, everything in this song is poetry. It mixes sweet innocence and burning passion, the former seems to be something people have lost nowadays…

Wait a minute! Did I say a calm ocean? But what about the beating and the melody and the Katy Perry-like pop song you (might) have just listened, you wonder, how are these calm? Well the antithesis of calmness and agitation is what makes this song so beautiful. I confess I felt like dancing when I heard it and at the same time I felt I was in love. But, darn, I’m not in love at all! Am I? Ok, I’m confused. But this text is not about me, in fact, who am I anyway? I’ll tell you what: I’m a Tegan and Sara’s FAN! I know, I’m biased… But I’ve been waiting for years for a new song, a new album, new shows and all this waiting just WORTH IT! It’s blown my mind and I’m trying hard to write something coherent. All I want to say is THANK YOU Tegan and Sara for making me feel “in love” every time I listen to every single song of yours; for making me feel inspired; and for cheering me up when I’m down! Maybe you’ll never read this. Maybe I’ll get lucky to meet you some day so I can tell you all this in person (if my shyness allows!). But at this very moment, I just feel a little CLOSER! 

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Vai e Vem


Neste momento, tem gente acordando, tem gente dormindo. Enquanto uns se ocupam, outros se desocupam. Enquanto uns param, outros seguem. Outros dançam. Neste momento, tem gente pensando, compensando, se divertindo, chorando, sorrindo, indo, voltando. Tem gente traindo, subtraindo, adicionando, multiplicando ou, até mesmo, dividindo. Enquanto uns rumam ao novo, outros voltam ao passado. Outros ficam onde estão. Neste momento, tem gente passando, repassando, pagando para ver. Tem gente amando, se amando, odiando, se odiando, rezando. Enquanto uns perdoam, outros pedem perdão. Enquanto uns magoam, outros guardam mágoas. Outros guardam coisas. Neste momento, tem gente lembrando, tem gente esquecendo. Enquanto uns cantam, outros encantam. Enquanto uns correm, outros andam. Outros tropeçam. Neste momento, tem gente nascendo, renascendo, tentando outra vez. Tem gente desistindo, falindo, caindo, perdendo a vez. Enquanto uns vivem, outros morrem. Neste momento, tem gente morrendo de medo, tem gente morrendo de rir. Enquanto uns somem, outros fincam raízes. Enquanto uns ouvem, outros falam. Outros se calam. Neste momento, eu estou apenas escrevendo. Não mais. 

Come and Go



At this very moment, there are people waking up, people going to bed. There are people working, people being idle; people stopping, going, dancing, thinking, making up for someone, having fun, crying, smiling, betraying, subtracting, adding, multiplying or even dividing. As some of them head to the future, others go back to the past. Some others stick to the status quo. At this very moment, there are people passing, trespassing, betting money on something, loving, hating, praying. As some of them forgive, others beg for mercy. As some of them offend, others keep sorrow. Some others keep stuff. At this very moment, there are people remembering, people forgetting. As some of them chant, others enchant. As some of them run, others walk. Some others stumble. At this very moment, there are people being born, reviving, trying all over again; people giving up, failing, falling, missing a chance. As some of them live, others die. At this very moment, there are people getting scared, people cracking up. As some of them leave, others grow roots. As some of them listen, others talk. Some others keep silent. At this very moment, I am only writing. Not anymore.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Fragmentos de um coração partido

Procurando consolo em um lugar especial,
Ela tentava não se perder no tempo e no espaço.
Flashbacks... Déjà vu outra vez.
Lembranças insistentes de mãos dadas com a dor.

Sentimentos recorrentes já não eram bem-vindos.

Fragments of a broken heart

Seeking solace in a very special place,
She tried hard not to get lost in time and space.
Flashbacks… Déjà vu all over again.
Insistent memories hand in hand with her pain.  

Recurring feelings were no longer welcome.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

2012... 24... O fim está próximo!


E é chegado mais um 1º de março. Sei que o ano já começou mas, para mim, ele começa agora. 2012, dizem, é o ano apocalíptico, o ano em que deveríamos viver em sua plenitude, aproveitar cada segundo que nos resta e blá blá blá... Como eu não acredito que o fim esteja próximo, planejo a minha vida com muito cuidado. Cada passo tem que ser friamente calculado e cada palavra, medida de uma forma que não haja margem para erros. Talvez, isso tenha soado meio... frio, mas eu explico: 2012 representa para mim o ano da mudança, o divisor de águas, o fim de um ciclo.

Tudo começou em 2002. Meu mundo, de alguma forma, começava a ruir e eu, assustada, não conseguia lidar muito bem com os novos fatos. Com a ajuda de algumas pessoas que considero anjos, pouco a pouco fui me reerguendo. No entanto, toda vez que parecia que minha vida daria uma guinada e eu começaria a caminhar, algo me puxava para baixo novamente. Cansada de tudo isso e, ao invés de me rebelar, me deixei levar pela inércia e o marasmo tomou conta do meu ser. Eu estava vegetando. Até que um dia, acordei. Percebi que minha vida estava passando pela janela e eu não a estava vivendo. Foi então que resolvi traçar planos e metas para, então com 23 anos, começar a fazer o que já deveria ter feito há muito tempo. Mas tudo tem um ciclo e este ainda não havia acabado. Constatei que minha revolução pessoal se daria a partir do fim de uma década, afinal, 10 anos são mais do que suficientes para colocar os pingos nos “i”s.

Hoje, aos 24, começo, com ansiedade e esperança, a trilhar o caminho para o desfecho deste ciclo. Começo a tomar decisões fundamentais que mudarão o rumo desta história. Minha história!

O fim está próximo! Sem destruições ou desastres, sem caos ou lamentações. Que venha logo 2013!

PS: Parabéns a todos os que nasceram neste belo dia 1º de março. Que vocês conquistem tudo o que planejaram e sejam muito felizes!

2012… 24… The end is near!


And here it is another March 1st. I know this year has already begun but, for me, it begins now. 2012, they say, is the apocalyptic year; the year we should live in its plenitude and enjoy each second we have and blah blah blah… Since I don’t believe the end is near, I plan my life carefully. Each step has to be thoroughly calculated and each word has to be measured in a way there’s no margin for error. Ok, that might have sounded a little… cold, but I’ll explain: 2012 means to me the year of a change. A watershed. The end of a cycle.

It all started in 2002. Somehow, my world began to fall into ruins and, scared, I couldn’t deal much with the new facts of my life. With help from people I consider to be angels, little by little, I was reconstructing myself. However, every time I stepped forward something pulled me down again. Tired of all that but instead of rising against it, I yielded to inertia and let apathy take over me. I was vegetating. One day, at the age of 23, I woke up. I realized my life was passing by the window and I wasn’t living it. I decided to form plans and goals so I would start doing what I should’ve done long ago. But everything has a cycle and this one wasn't finished yet. I found out my personal revolution would take place as from the end of a decade. I mean, 10 years are enough to dot the “i”s and cross the “t”s, after all.   

Today, at the age of 24 and full of hope and anxiety, I begin to follow a path to the closure of this cycle. I start making essential decisions which will change the course of this story. My story.

The end is near! No destructions or disasters, no chaos or sorrows. May 2013 come soon!

PS: Happy birthday to all of you who were born on this beautiful day of March 1st. May you achieve everything you’ve planned and be happy!