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I Carry You Inside

If I don't tell you the things that lovers in novels say
If I don't know how to steal a word from you
before spring dies.
If I don't love you as I should love you
as they have told you, like a jerk.
If you didn't believe it's too late
or that not everything is lost.

I carry you inside
like the slow fire of your caresses
like waking up in your smile
like my bad mood even when breaking.

I carry you inside
like the temptation that hides the most
like the decision to be your man
like a false start, like a gift.

And if my soul today were a mouth
that kisses you, that touches you,
maybe it could be part of your life
this badly written song.

I carry you inside
like the slow fire of your caresses
like waking up in your smile
like my bad mood, breaking into tears.

I carry you inside
like a sun that starts in the middle of January
and like that prayer I always say
that gives me the strength to be whole.

I carry you inside
like an immense guilt, like a secret
so deep that your name hangs from my neck
and brings me closer to your lips
even if we are far apart.

I carry you inside, love
I carry you...
I carry you...
I carry you inside...
my love.