"...You wait. Looking closely the verses, the thorny dissertations, the whim of multiple senses were of no use to you. Yes, looking closely, happiness is only this waiting, this serenity between a tree that shelters you and the lightness of a river that waves to you..."

by Victor Oliveira MATEUS, extract of the concept poem "RITO MATINAL", Coisas de Ler Edições, Lda., 2018

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2025)