On the hedge of our century
lies Death.
lies Death.
I am the god of many arms
the destructor of worlds
— whispered a sinister shadow.
I came to bring disorder
spread famine, pain
war and chaos.
With me rode the jackals,
ancient and lethal beings,
the basilisk, the sphinx, the dragon
I rewrote old spells,
summoning witches, ogres and all the usual curses.
Rising my scepter high,
I tore apart the heavens invoking storms
startling the seas, shaking the earth
ravishing your homelands.
As I remember
Death arrived
on the eleventh of September…
With disquiet I understood
there is no place for me
in the world of men.
Instead of pain or fear
all of you cherished me,
like in all wars of legend,
to my surprise and awe,
with hails you greeted Death!
An eye for an eye or
blood for blood
this is law of your
time,
with mercy, with no tears,
you drink vengeance in the sorrows of rage,
In this village of men
all came to me
hugging Death in our
everlasting dance.
I went away .
None of my punishments,
none of my beasts,
not even hell’s doom
could overcome in wickedness,
in the will for war or
in terms of dread
the ways of these mortal
men.
Not even Death can
extinguish the truth.
or inflict more pain to the
dally life
of this city of men
where love is no more.
© Miguel Raimundo
11/09/2011
(Original in Portuguese)
11/09/2014
– 23h40 (US English version)






