Sunday, September 16, 2012

Opposing passions



If you are a democrat, please unfriend me.
If you are a republican, please unfriend me.


If you are a liberal, please unfriend me.
If you are a conservative, please unfriend me.



***


If you are a socialist, please unfriend me.
If you are a capitalist, please unfriend me.
If you are a communist, please unfriend me.
If you are a marxist, please unfriend me.
If you are an anarchist, please unfriend me.
If you are a monarchist, please unfriend me.



***


If you are an homosexual, please unfriend me.
If you are a transgender, please unfriend me.
If you are a bisexual, please unfriend me.
If you are straight, please unfriend me.


***


If you are a christian, please unfriend me.
If you are a muslim, please unfriend me.
If you are a jew, please unfriend me.
If you are a buddhist, please unfriend me.
If you are a pagan, please unfriend me.
If you are an atheist, please unfriend me.


***


If you are a man, please unfriend me.
If you are a woman, please unfriend me.


***


But if you are a human being,
Oh please! Please, will you be my friend?



Are there any human beings out there?


***
Do que fala a madrugada
O murmúrio na calçada
Os silêncios de licor
Do que fala a nostalgia
De uma estrela fugidia
Falam de nós, meu amor

Do que sabem as vielas
E a memória das janelas
Ancoradas no sol-pôr
Do que sabem os cristais
Das paixões diagonais
Sabem de nós, meu amor

Porque volta esta tristeza
O destino à nossa mesa
O silêncio de um andor
Porque volta tudo ao mar
Mesmo sem ter de voltar
Voltam por nós, meu amor

Porque parte tudo um dia
O que nos lábios ardia
Até não sermos ninguém
Tudo é água que corre
De cada vez que nos morre
Nasce um pouco mais além

What does the dawn speak of
Murmur of the pavement,
The silences of liquor?
What does nostalgia speak of
For a disappeared star?
They speak of us, my love.

What do the alleys know?
And the memory of the balconies
Anchored in the sunset?
What do the panes know
Of conflicting passions?
They know of us, my love.

Why does this sadness come back,
Destiny to our table,
The silence of a leaving?
Why does everything return to the sea,
Even when it does not have to?
They return for us, my love.

Why does everything leave one day?
What used to burn the lips
Until we would be no-one?
Everything is running water;
And each time something dies in us
It is reborn again a little further on.

Hugs 

Jon

 

11 comments:

  1. Well worth the wait. I missed you.
    Glad to see you again.
    I see a box of chocolates in your future.
    Keep your eyes on the post. ;)

    Gros câlins mon chér
    CoreyJo

    ReplyDelete
  2. Welcome Back. What if I'm not on FB?

    ReplyDelete
  3. I'm human, and I'm still friends with you, FB is not a requirement.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Having issues with labels, me thinks?!?...
    I'm not human but perhaps a bit humane, not superhuman either, nor an alien.
    I'm only passing through, elusive and foreign, but I can be your friend,
    for a while...
    :)~
    HUGZ

    PS: oddly enough, I am on Facebook... ;)~

    ReplyDelete
  5. Jon:

    Look for the human label
    When you are "friending" or tagging "no"

    Remember somewhere a human's sowing;
    what it's reaping may not be clear
    Is its being
    Unbearable lightness?
    Or is its weight
    Felt forevermore?

    Look for the human label
    Let your conscious be your guide
    & when size me
    Once you've seized me
    Unzip and find that I'm true

    =D Rafa

    ReplyDelete
  6. I'M FRIGHTENED OF HUMANS.I'M PROUD TO BE AN ANIMAL...A CAT.A WILD CAT.A LOT OF MIAOU FOR YOU.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Ah, my Friend! So very good to see you posting once more. I hope I'm human, uncomplicated and label free! May I be your friend! Hugs, Patrick

    PS. Please visit my new blog sometime, as think you will like it!

    ReplyDelete
  8. HA! At first I wrote "unfollow me" and just before publishing I changed for "unfriend me" not thinking about Facebook or anything else but I just want the statement to match the final "will you be my friend".

    I was trying to emphasize how much our opposing labels often create more confusion than anything else and that maybe if we were all focusing on one label that unifies us all, we might get things going. Oh well, I'll try to be less "cryptic" next time! ;P

    Thanks all for dropping by.
    Many hugs :)
    Jon

    ReplyDelete
  9. {{{{{JON}}}}} This is not opposing is it?

    ReplyDelete