YOU ARE READING

Prosas & Poemas

Random

Há dias em que aparece uma musa vinda de algum canto escondido da minha mente... Aqui ficam as recordações com que ela me prenda. Some days a muse comes to me, coming from a hidden corner of my mind... Here are the memories she gifts me.

#english #poema #poetry #portugues #prosa #prose #sentimento #stars

Somewhere I learned who I am

55 5 2

by ConstantinVI

by ConstantinVI

I learned somewhere

That Men cannot fly.

I learned somewhere

That Men were not bred for peace.

I learned somewhere

That I could not change.

I learned somewhere

That fate could not be challenged.

I learned somewhere.

That to believe without doubting was wrong,

That to just know things because someone told me so

Was not knowledge.

So I ran away.

I ran to where truth was not taken for granted.

I ran to where knowledge is not given.

I ran to learn who I am.

I was taught in the art of writing.

I was taught in the art of dancing.

I was taught in the art of knowledge.

I was taught in the art of thinking.

Through time,

I learned how to be at peace,

I learned how to be me.

Somewhere, I learned that life is not granted.

Somewhere, I learned I can fly

So I flew away

Somewhere...