The Beggar for BlueAfter you fell upwardsTime passes and you are still on the step of the lips. You almost lost hope that it could be otherwise, you say your prayers periodically, routinely, at some point you realize that your inner eyes...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu13 Oct. 20261
The Beggar for BlueIn fact, no one dies.Today I once again absolved Dad of all his sins. Seen and unseen, known and unknown, by deed, word, and thought. Those small sins, like flax seeds, which we scatter through our lives, which then...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu6 Oct. 20262
The Beggar for BlueI whisper 'I love you' and hear it whispered back.I don't sleep, I travel, the whole ritual of departing to the other side, the preview of the last breath, something after the usual kathisma, something after I recite my secret psalm, Crin's psalm,...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu30 Sep. 20261
The Beggar for BlueOh Lord, have mercy on my miserable sandals!I shared everything I had and kept for myself the outline of my sandals, the courtyard of my heart. From my heart I made myself a deserted beach, which awaits, every day, a great noisy invasion. And...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu26 Sep. 20266
The Beggar for BlueThe Paths of the DesertThis Sunday I couldn't get up from the confessional chair, I couldn't get up from pain, I am the healthiest of the healthiest, only my heart moves too easily through bleeding chests, I don't know...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu18 Sep. 20262
The Beggar for BlueWhen you are deadYou don't die when you die. You die when you pass a cherry tree and don't see its blossom. When your mouth, once full of love, has twisted, multiplying malice with pleasure and weaving deceit. You...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu11 Sep. 20265
The Beggar for BlueThe Swallows and Human FearsThe company didn't collapse then, when it was taken over and the other shareholder sold his shares. That factory collapsed one May morning. On the hot concrete, swallow chicks agonizing, drying out...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu4 Sep. 20262
The Beggar for BlueIn your arms, formed into a crossWhen you feel your breath snatched away and you can no longer breathe. All the pains of people, passed into you, as if through a black conduit, straight into your most intimate depths, flooding...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu29 Aug. 20262
The Beggar for BlueWhen Everything EndsWhen all is over, from your pride will remain a handful of bare bones on a damp grave bottom. You've dressed in beautiful clothes; from above, God sees you naked. You stride heavily, with your head...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu22 Aug. 20264
The Beggar for BlueThe Name I WoreToday is Saint Triandafil's day, my name, my Father's name. I put on this name like you put on a short-sleeved shirt in the morning, glancing briefly at the sky, today will be sun and light, today...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu8 Aug. 20266
The Beggar for BlueOur First Good DeedBucovina spilling in all directions, like crystal waters, under the car's wheels, his beautiful green eyes, from time to time he turns to me and our gazes briefly weld together, between us diamond...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu6 Aug. 20265
The Beggar for BlueThe first time he did not smile.Aunt Elena's eyes, Lenuca, then, in the Mangalia station, the most romantic station in the world, the smell of sun-baked tarpaulins and her arms straining to open the compartment window, to see from...Pr. Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu1 Aug. 20261
