if i love you only if you love me
i do not love you -
i love the idea of loving you
but i’m not quite sure how to get there
if i think love is a bargain
a deal to be struck
or something that i can fall into
or out of, i do not love at all -
once love is it may change its shape
but it never disappears completely
i can love you even
if you turn your back
loving you does not require
your participation
only your existence
but loving you means
loving you too much
to let you abuse me
it means making distance
between us if you become
less than you should be
with a need to hurt
to love you
is to love your essence
it is to love your life force
is to passionately encourage you
on your path of goodness
my love is only a distant echo
of the love that is
the breath of creation
that brought us here -
when i love i feel that pulse
and am more alive
the more i love
the more i love
the more i love
the more i love
you
you
you
you
Voce: Devorah Major & Opal Palmer Adisa
Piano: Gaspare Di Lieto, Sax: Peppe Plaitano, Drums: Gaetano Fasano, Bass: Tommaso Scannapieco
Napolipoesia nel Parco, Napoli, 2009.