Leonardo BALDISSERI ALLANIC

There is a whole litany of things We can do to keep death at bay, exercise, eat well, put on sunscreen. And though You might try to bargain with death, bear no delusions. It will find you. So if you spend all you time hiding from death or, in my case, searching for it, I guess the question is were you ever really alive? As sad and dreadful as death may be, it forces Us to cherish every moment because the truth is... life is precious because it’s finite.  When You are immortal, You have to be reminded of beauty. Days stretch into years, stretch into centuries. Time can lose its meaning.  So however long You live, even though that might prove a very, very long time... You must tell yourself to live every day... every hour, as if it could be your last. Forever ! Sep-30/2014

Y te pienso entre todos los recuerdos guardados en el fondo del corazón rasgado, los que aún sangran lágrimas de sueños. Y te busco entre tantas imágenes marcadas en mi mente con tu sombra sellada, que me asaltan cuando todo está oscuro. Y te encuentro en cada reflejo de luz brillante de frescos amaneceres radiantes, cuando ya se va despertando el tiempo. Y me asusto al ver que tu cuerpo no está en mi cama coqueta esperando la luz del alba, comprendo que sólo soñarte busco. Sólo un sueño que hasta me hizo creer por un momento que mi realidad ya era sosiego, y es soñar una suerte que Yo tengo. 24-Sep/2014

You can learn a lot from a body, how a life was lived, what was their pain, suffering, life experiences, even if they were loved. But what a body can't tell You is why. And for those left behind, that seems to be the only question that really matters. Nothing can erase the pain of losing someone You love. You carry it with You for the rest of your life, however long that might be. The best You can hope for is that over time, the wound begins to heal. But no matter how strong We are, no matter how hard We fight, the scar always stays with Us. Forever ! Sep-23/2014

I have seen a lot of death, a lot of pain, a lot of suffering. But I’ve also seen a lot of life... A lot of beauty, a lot of wonder. It’s not the number of years We live that matters. Our lives just add up to a series of moments. We never know when or where they’ll happen. But they stick with Us, marking Our souls forever. The problem with living for 200 years isn’t the loneliness or the pain or the loss. Okey, sure, it is those things. But what really gets You is when life ceases to surprise You. I’ve spent my entire life studying the human body, and I can say with scientific certainty that what keeps Us alive, more important than blood or oxygen or even love... is hope. Forever ! Sep-22/2014