13 de agosto de 2011

"Parece muy tranquila, muy centrada, muy callada y, sin embargo, sus ojos siguen clavados en el horizonte.
Nada más verla ya crees que lo sabes todo de ella, pero todo cuanto crees saber es erróneo. La pasión fluye por sus venas como un río de sangre.
Sólo apartó la vista un momento, su máscara se desprendió, y tú caíste.
Tu futuro entero empieza en ese mismo instante."



Neil Gaiman
Objetos Frágiles

7 de agosto de 2011

By the hunger of change and emotion,
By the thirst of unbearable things,
By despair, the twin-born of devotion,
By the pleasure that winces and stings,
The delight that consumes the desire,
The desire that outruns the delight,
By the cruelty deaf as a fire
and blind as the night.

In a twilight where virtues are vices,
In thy chapels, unknown of the sun,
To a tune that enthralls and entices,
They were wed, and the twain were as one.
For the tune from thine altar hath sounded
Since God bade the world's work begin,
And the fume of thine incense abounded,
To sweeten the sin.

Love listens, and paler than ashes,
Through his curls as the crown on them slips,
Lifts languid wet eyelids and lashes,
And laughs with insatiable lips.
Thou shalt hush him with heavy caresses,
With music that scares the profane;
Thou shalt darken his eyes with thy tresses,
Our Lady of Pain.