People choose to love

Parts of you they like most

They ignore the truth

And keep eyes closed for unpleasantries

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They cloak you in a well-built mask

A perfect self

A projection of their desires

Ignoring what’s ugly underneath

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Once you are alone

Without the need to cover

The loneliness is deafening

And crushes the heart with unworthiness

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They won’t listen to your sorrows

Or try to understand your pain

You’re already in it too deep to

And the mask is your lifeline to the world

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Behind every smile is a tear

In every glance a cry for help

Pleasantries that hide screams

Laughs that strangle to death

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In the deep of the night there’s only you

Desolate in chilling disregard

Your weaknesses grow in the shadows

Ready for just a single slip

(Thais Finotto Visani – 17/12/2018 – 11:49 pm)

We are the outcasts that run society
We are the shadows that lurks Power
We are women, black and LGBTs
We are undermined and stereotyped

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We struggle to be heard
We have to fight just to have equal rights
We are beaten and killed everyday
Yet, we face the excuses of those who have it all

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Days and nights are battles to have the same respect
Just to live and breathe as anyone should
And not being afraid of going out and not coming back home
To have freedom and security without worries

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Everyday we face our fears in the alleys and streets
Try to win the same opportunities in our works and communities
We give all we have to prove we are worth it, we deserve it
And the battle still goes on with endless unheard voices making a difference a step at time

(Thais Finotto Visani — 14/02/2018–1h48 am)

Will you cry

When I’m gone?

Could you remember me

when I’m no more?

Would anyone notice a shineless star

that faded away completely?

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My clock is ticking

the time is ending

Friends are gone

as those who care

The week has more days

Than tears from whom will notice

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My goals are unachievable

All efforts are pointless

I seek answers that are always wrong

No matter how many times I try

The hope has faded

As the smiles on my lips

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I’ve tried so hard

And I’m tired

Of impunity

And unfairness

And power-hungry people

Above and beyond all others

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I don’t care anymore

But even sleep evades me

And on these many lonely nights

I plan of how I’ll go away

Wish and pray for an ending

That might never come naturally

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So I’m stuck between the doubt

Of passiveness or damnation

Pills of tranquil cold stillness

Or turbulent thoughts that kill slowly

And yet, every time the clock ticks,

I know I’m even less of what was left before

(Thais Finotto Visani — 28/01/2018 — 4h25 am)

I’ve dreamt of broken wings
And false hopes
I’ve dreamt of a shadow that lurks
And a future that won’t be

I’ve been dreaming of a fine sunshine
And a life with rainbows for a while
But now that happiness I won’t see
And I’ve got to write a new path for me

I still believe in the hope of that dream
That all will right itself
I’ve got to wish for a new dream
And learn to live in others’ hopes as well

Now I see that you have to dream together
Or all your longings are lost
And now I’ve got to learn it all again
For my dream is broken, but the hope is not

(Thais Finotto Visani — 10/07/2017–3h07 am)

Love is to give yourself fully
And receive other wholeheartedly in return
It’s to make another your priority
And let the self be second

Love is a balance
Where no one weighs more on one side
It’s to compromise the givens
And share the losses

Some say they love
But are not ready to let other lead
Others may love truly
But yet don’t know how to show

Love is but a game with no winner or loser
For it is selfless and yet selfish
Love is not for all and still to everyone who dare
Because in giving up yourself you conquer it all

(Thais Finotto Visani — 06/07/2017–10h38 pm)

I love too much,
Feel too intensely
Care too deeply
And open myself completely

My world is in the details
Those little things no one cares
Each “good morning” and “how was your day?”
And every “what do you think about that?”

I see people in their peculiarities
The small parts that make them unique
That opinion that shares their souls with the world
And that sometimes no one asks

Sometimes I want to find others like this
People that see my fragilities through my eyes
And don’t need to ask what’s wrong
Because they are already offering a hug to solve it all

(Thais Finotto Visani — 27/03/2017–9h34 am)

Let the river flow within you
Carry away your sorrows
Drown the numbness
Dilute the sadness

Feel the waters submerge your true self
Let go of your expectations
Get rid of disappointments
Forget the loneliness

Find within yourself the true gems
Discover the hidden pearls you keep
Get impulse from the bottom
And emerge stronger and brighter

True power comes from unearthing who you are
Embracing your flaws
Never accepting less than your value
Letting the stubborn child you once were conquer the world

(Thais Finotto Visani — 30/11/2016–1h20 am)

Sometimes you need

A shoulder to cry on

And find none

No one understands your pain

The real suffering within

And the loss you’ve seen

With November comes the fear

That reopens the gap in your heart

You can’t again deal with a loss there’s dear

And hope your world isn’t once more torn apart

Come December and bring new hope

Keep the tears from being shed

You don’t need again to learn how to cope

For your heart had already bled

(Thais Finotto Visani — 29/11/2016 — 1h30 am)

I’ve found my muse
In a smile that wrinkles the eyes
A soft voice that carries gentleness
A love so great that makes me cry

I’ve found my inspiration
That makes me seek greatness
Moves me to reach higher
And conquer the world

I’ve found it in you
And you made me realize
That was all me
This whole time

(Thais Finotto Visani — 30/08/2016–3h57 pm)

It’s strange how life change
In an hour, a minute, a second
I’m barely holding on
Trying to keep afloat
I was dead inside
And now I’m free
With a cost
Always a cost

It’s hard to let go
Of what keeps me unhappy
That unknown step in the right direction
The ever present fear of failure
And looming ghosts of the past
Every wrong choice haunting me
Trying to keep me chained
Locked up into myself

I’m the one with the key, no one else
It’s hard to keep the head high
To take deep breaths and go ahead
I can see where I’m going
I just have to get there
Be strong and believe
I’m battling against myself
I just have to choose the right side… and leap

(Thais Finotto Visani — 23/05/2016–10h33 Pm)