Smoke Signal

      why
     don't you
    write to me
   a small message
  about no matter what
 about your dreams or
 how you got off your bed
 the way you brushed
  your teeth or
 how you tought
about me at
breakfast
even about
your feelings
you may write
 or how you
  don't love
   me anymore
  but, oh
 please
don't let
me hanging
 on this cliff
  of anguish and
   hope with
  sharks all
 over
below
waiting
 to eat
  me
 raw
 write me
  a small
   message
    about the
     traffic
    congestion
  when you
left to
work or
 about
  the beggar
   looking
  at you
 before
you
got
 into
  the
   building
  but, oh
 please
don't
leave
me
begging
for this
 piece of
  information
   I treasure
    with my
    heart
   beating
  so hard
 you can
feel it
through
 these
  words


Rodrigo Aleixo

Dry Beginnings

Then it thundered in me
The rain flooded everything inside
And a sudden heat dried it all out

Something must end in order to start afresh

And it was blinding
The dullness of my memories
For non-existing passages
Those of a beautiful present
That could have been

And it's still deafening
The silence accompanying my
Un-yelled yell, that isn't echoing
That you won't hear
And I'm yet to suffer

Now a desert ravages inside
And I
I must quietly wait in my oasis

For something that starts is always bound to end

Rodrigo Aleixo