CONCETTA LA PLACA

 

 

Feeling In The Middle

 

One day like any other

you happen to wake up

and suddenly

feel HALF.

 

A part of us,

suddenly

is no longer there or perhaps

was never there before.

 

Maybe it has crumbled

and flew away

along with our best dreams

and with our hope.

 

Everything looks leaden

and our serenity

and carefreeness have been wiped away.

 

Now we feel empty,

just as any

any person

who feels half.

 

Like amputated,

would like to be able to find

the missing part

among the emotion that will not be.

 

It retains only memories

and nostalgia,

while happiness has already flown away

like a butterfly in flight.

 

Our heart now

bears the weight

of these memories

and of this nostalgia. 

 

The other half

has taken it away

the inexorable flow

of time.

 

It remains in place,

so much loneliness and the emptiness created

by the disillusionment of having caught traces

of shreds of what will no longer be.

 

Fragility

 

You who wear broken wings

by life itself,

do not oppose the bullies.

God will give you

a new pair of wings

And you will fly high again.

You will carry with you only your heart,

imbued with your vain dreams.

 

CONCETTA LA PLACA

 

CONCETTA LA PLACA: Concetta La Placa is an Italian poet, writer and aphorist. Born in Sicily, she has lived in Rome since 2006. She is married, mother of two children and grandmother of three grandchildren. She has worked as a ministerial official in the Social Policies sector (Childhood and Adolescence and the Fight against Poverty) of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. As of 1 April 2024, she took early retirement. She started writing and composing poetry at the age of 15. Today, she is present on the international poetry scene because she has published her poems and various short stories (some of which are also dedicated to children) in numerous prestigious anthologies of various national and international contemporary authors.