La Comedia Humana

If suddenly you see a child
Running towards you
Without further ado, he hands you a smooth stone
What he intends to say is what
No man will be able to guess
And no child will remember to tell
And the world thus, spinning

And us in the middle
Lost in your city
Perceiving in everything
This same loneliness
That now overwhelms me and pushes me to remember that
There was another time
A better one, better.

And if I look at you we don't speak
Although there's so much to say
Let's say that the word
Is not a means to be happy
And instead
I feel something strong inside
I feel this here and I don't know why I feel it
And I want to understand and I try.

And we advance in the fog
Chasing a new no,
That manages to distract us from something that tastes
Like metallic
And forces me to imagine that someday there will be another time
A better one, better.

Everything changes but at the same time
I know everything remains the same
The same frightened people
Are the ones who will scare you
But don't be afraid they only do it
Because they want to understand
What is not seen..

And us in the middle
In the neighborhood of the market
Perceiving in everything,
This same loneliness
That now overwhelms me and forces me to imagine
That someday there will be another time
A better one, better.