Astrolabios

Astrolabes

I keep the inspiration in a drawer just in case
I keep my heart in cotton closed in a screw-top jar
I bet, I closed the doors of my lips
I said goodbye to life
Look for me in your astrolabes

I'm an intruder, every time you dream of me
You'll wake up confused
Confused if you're the muse of the speech
Of the excuse and its resource
Precursor of fleeting laughs
When troubles come

That my smile is out of use
I just whisper in your ears to make your pulse rise
Forgive me, we don't know each other
But we won't need it
When we meet, I'll just look at your skirt

I'll spare my soul the disgust
Let's live this life
And if it's time to kick the bucket, so be it
What does it matter, today or tomorrow
Tomorrow, the day after, if the next one after that
We will have forgotten
And that's the luck of being nobody
Of mattering to ten without counting our mothers
Vinegar, in wounds and bruises
That's why today I fear princesses more than dragons
What the hell is wrong with the moon that she doesn't tell me?
It's been five nights since I saw her happy
And she wakes me up in the wee hours
Between sad dreams and dawn confusions

I have a doubt, whether to ask for your help
In these days when sadness goes naked
Posing around my house to see if I capture it
Sleeping cuddled up in a corner of my room
Never again, she's no longer on my map
Because Carlos was never a good name for a pirate, no
Nor a gentleman either
Just a fool who desires what's not worth money
And you've come at a fine time

I, I who had almost, almost forgotten you completely
Now I'm here acting like a fool
And I could ignore you because I'd be happier
And I'm sorry, maybe in another life
Maybe on other nights
When you have different dreams
We can try the game again
That we left unfinished
Or we can forget each other forever, forever
The astrolabes