I Know, I Alone I know, I alone How much it hurts, this heart With no …

Fernando Pessoa
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I Know, I Alone I know, I alone How much it hurts, this heart With no faith nor law Nor melody nor thought. Only I, only I And none of this can I say Because feeling is like the sky - Seen, nothing in it to see. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (1974). Selected Poems
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I Know, I Alone I know, I alone How much it hurts, this heart With no faith nor law Nor melody nor thought. Only I, only I And none of this can I say Because feeling is like the sky - Seen, nothing in it to see. ✨ Fernando Pessoa (1974). Selected Poems

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