Poems

I Came to the World Before You...

I came to the world before you ...
to prepare my soul
for the celebration of your rendezvous
to taste [life] without you,
each moment of seeing you …
to be a miracle for me
                      
I came to the world before you:
to make the flowers’ live longer,
and the blazes of fire purer,
and to thin out the cloud of sorrow
to learn easily
to sprout over your chest,
and lose you within me!
 
I came to the world before you
to make fawns (gazzalles)
no longer deter from hamlets and  nearby founts
to make the birds
peck grains on palms
and not to fall into snares and traps
 
I came to the world before you:
to be able, my dear,
whenever you desire,
to lit the stars like candle,
and from the soft hair of the birds
to make up a place for your rendezvous.
 
I came to the world before you:
to train my eyes,
to recognise your feature among the flood of colours.
To train my ears,
to recognise your whisper  among the storm of voices.
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I came to the world before you:
In order for the [musical] notations of your body
every single hair of me become a string,
in order for me to be worthy,
of holding the key of the throne and the crown
of your love
 
Helsinki 20/10/1996