I cannot well deceive me that there was

by Fernando Pessoa · 28-11-1920
Published 28/11/1920

I cannot well deceive me that there was

In my love nobleness, even though ill.

Now that the tunnel through which I did pass

Yields to the glaring day, I can instil

Into my thought a wonder how I could

Suppose that way to be a place of staying;

Thus being a fool in the way all men should,

Yet not the complete fool to take no naying (!!!)

#awakening #existential reflection #fernando pessoa #love #self deception

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