Amor Incognito

Let Me Tell You A Secret…

When The Fairies Whisper
Flying From Tree to Tree
Their Voices Are Heard
So Softly, Like A Breeze

One Day Long Ago…

One Such Fairy Told Me:- "You Know...
They Are Not Simple Whispers
But Lovers’ Shattered Dreams

And To Comfort Them
Of Such A Love Forlorn
The Fairies Sing
Their Magic Song"

And Yet, Here and Now
I Suffer In Silence
From This Love
That Bears No Name

Neither ‘Agape’ nor ‘Eros’,
‘Storge’ Or ‘Philia’
An Undeniable Tetra
'Sin Macula' Nor Shame

A Love So Pure,
So Vibrant
So Ephemerous
So Insecure

Of Two Bodies
Entwined, Conjoined
In A Romantic,
Inseparable Embrace

Oh, You Have Me
Addicted, Enchanted, Bewitched

And When Cupid Comes
Like A Gust Of Wind
Or A Sudden Summer Breeze
Sweeping Me Far Away

Carried By Your Charms
In The Turbulence
Of Those Arms

I Stare In Amazement
At This Raw, Savage, Virginal Beauty
About You

I See It Through
The Freckled Smoothness
Of Your Ivory Skin

In The Ocean Blue
Of Your Hungry Eyes
And Even Though
That Steely Azur
May Hide An Angelic
Innocence In Disguise

I Sense A Fire Burning Within
A Resolve So Strong, Passionate, Sublime
That The Furnace Beneath
Melts Away
Even The Coldest Of Hearts

My Cupid You Needed Not
Throw A Flaming Arrow
You Pierced My Heart
With An Enchanting Song

And If Ever
The Dream Is Shattered
And You Should Disappear Forever
Don’t Be Like The Others
That Never Said
Au Revoir Or Adieu
It Was Nice To Meet You

I’ll Be Glad Nonetheless
I’ll Remember The Time
You Came And You Went
Like A Summer Breeze

Ours Was Not A Love To Last
There Was Always Fresher Grass Afield

Now Tell Me
If You Had To Leave
And Break My Heart
Why Did You Not
Think or Feel Like

Saying Goodbye?


Sommer B. In't Veld © 2005

Palanca Negra

Olho,
e num instante, desejo-te!
Inflamado de paixão súbita,
Mal escondo a minha excitação.

Quiçá és mulher alheia
ou Amazona livre?
Donzela já conquistada
ou Musa do meu Amor?

Quero-te!
Vem minha doce e nobre palanca
Sacia-me este desejo ardente, louco
que me consome a alma.

Vem pôr fim a esta dor solitária
Ao vazio que me enche
A tristeza que teima em ficar

Vem!
E num abraço
Envolve o teu corpo no meu.
Deixa-me trepar
Essas Serras da Lemba
Cor de ébano, resplandecente!

Oh, enroscar-me nesse
Corpo lustroso
Que numa tarde de Verão
Na Ilha de Luanda,
Brilhava como
Diamante perdido,
Deslocado.

Tesouro privado
De que me quero
Apossesar.

Esse olhar altivo
e provocador,
Quando me descobres mirando-te
Sinal de pudor
Ou instinto protector
És tu a culpada
Ou sou eu o sedutor?

Sommer B. In't Veld © 2005

"Easy come, Easy go"

"Je crois pas dans le Destin, mais je trouve souvent qu'il y a des gens qui croisent notre chemin,
et qui des fois laissent quelque chose derriere,

Je considere ma vie comme un livre,
il y a ceux qui viennent et tout en passant laissent un memoir,
et parfois ecrivent choses bonnes ou mechantes,
un mot, peut etre une phrase ou rien du tout.

Il y a aussi d'autres qui reussisent a ecrire un paragraphe tout entier,
... mais il y a ceux qui deviennent des co-auteurs...
... et ecrivent des pages et des pages...

et qui sait, peut-etre resteront jusq'au "The End"!

The Mechanics of Modern Dating

Well MSN was a way of upgrading to the next level. It goes like this, if you ever gone on Speed Dating this is like the Slow Motion/Snail version.

1. Email, then
2. Chat, then
3. Phone (maybe Video Conference in between) then
4. Check Police records then
5. Get Security Clearance, finally
6. Meet Face-2-Face...

[Slight awkwardness in the beginning.... (uhm, should I kiss or shake hands)...
....(oh no, she doesnt like me, forget the hug then)....]

- "Lovely evening, I really enjoyed myself .....(Not! Can't wait to get rid of this fella)..

- "Let's keep in touch, ok? "..... (translation: Good Riddance)

Then again, we're only Human we like to complicate things, that's why i decided to become Vulcan (of Star Trek fame), who are devoid of emotions, so rejection doesn't even flinch an eye.

So in keeping with the illustration in true Captain Kirk's style, whose most famous words were "Beam me up, Scottie"...

Beam yourself from position 1. to 2., 3. ... or -----> 6.

Go on live dangerously, as they say in Brazil - "Life is 1 day, Carnival is 3"

My motto is "Carpe Diem, Vita Profitat" which freely translated in the old vernacular is: "Seize the Day but never stop enjoying life!"

Amanhecer ao teu lado [Waking Up By Your Side]

Portuguese version

Um dia ....
quando acordares e te sentires so
vira p'ro outro lado
porque ali estarei eu
olhando de volta p'ra ti

Um dia....
quando quiseres correr e
gritar de felicidade ou
chorar de tristeza
nao temas nao,
porque ali bem perto
estara a minha mao

Um dia...
quando o ar te faltar
e viver
é uma historia a acabar
ao teu lado
nao vou estar
porque do outro lado
te vou esperar


English version (slightly modified :-)

One day
when you wake up
and you feel alone
turn to the other side
because there
looking back at you
you'll find me

One day
when you want to
run away and shout
your happiness to the wind
or cry of sad, sad things
don't be afraid
right next to you
I will be
To hold your hand
and set you free

One day
when you can breathe no more
and living is a story
reaching its end
by your side i won't be
'cause on the other side
waiting for you
you will find me

Sommer B. In't Veld © 2005