MARIA MIRAGLIA

MARIA MIRAGLIA

The Lady With The Scythe

to Ferdinand Quintos

When the lady

with the scythe

arrives

to tell a man

his stay is over

sadder grows everybody

When she comes

to tell a poet to go

it's nature that cries

the whole world grieves

Lost they have the artist

looking at things around

listening even to the silences

to tell men of them

their beauty

He, a link between

the the earth and the sky

@ Maria Miraglia

A Smile

Your smile

in the morning

is a call to life

to joy to love

It tells me

the day will give us

joyful emotions

the passing hours

we'll spend quietly

As the clear waters

of the seas

in April

Cheerful our hearts

like two sparrows

in their nest

sheltered from the sun

Certain of our mutual understanding

as of a covenat sealed

since long

of the harmony

between our souls

as among the heavenly bodies

This is our privilege

under bright skies

or in gloomy days

and our secret too

A Leaf

The mild wind tonight

caresses my face

its gentle breaths

sweetly cuddle me

and I'd be a leaf

let it take me far

on its wings go

through valleys and mountains

cross the oceans

see from a distance

the litghts of the houses

the lamps of boats at sea

reach a remote land

and hear the voice of silence

feel One with the Immense

@ Maria Miraglia

MARIA MIRAGLIA