a urgência e a noite do deserto

[é uma ficção sobre o deserto. não é o meu deserto. 
mas existem tantos desertos como existem pessoas].


Your Soul and Mine*
[clique para escutar]

Standing in the ruins
Of another Black man's life,
or flying through the valley
separating day and night.
"I am death," cried the Vulture,
"For the people of the light."

Charon brought his raft 
from the sea that sails on souls,
And saw the scavenger departing, 
taking warm hearts to the cold.
He knew the ghetto was the haven 
for the meanest creature ever known.

In a wilderness of heartbreak 
and a desert of despair,
Evil's carrion of justice 
shrieks a cry of naked terror.
He's taking babies from their momas 
and leaving grief beyond compare.

So if you see the Vulture coming, 
flying circles in your mind,
Remember there is no escaping 
for he will follow close behind.
Only promised me a battle, 
battle for your soul and mine.


* Your Soul and Mine é uma canção de Gil Scott-Heron no álbum I'm New Here.