MARIA TOSTI

 

 

Pen Pal

 

The past awakens

after a deep sleep

on pink clouds, it rests memories

on letters worn by time

it brings lost emotions back to life

recreating playful moments

amid laughter, cats

and newspaper clippings

bicycles and snacks

and dancing in the garage.

Time is tattooed

on yellowed papers

an indelible signature

on rural paintings

where carefree Ness and joy

coloured glimpses

of tender existences

along the straight road

those separated homes

under an indigo sky

and playful arches of light.

We, curious little women,

a whole life ahead of us

to invent day by day

still intent on innocent games

with the desire to grow up

we matured tomorrow

savouring in pure harmony

endless moments

first spaces of freedom

and on immature heartbeats

we abandoned ourselves

to confidences.

If I stop and listen

I can still hear the voices

and the solemn promise

never to lose each other

yet life

traces other paths

and interposes time

between all things

but nothing is lost

if the memory

still exists within you!

 

I'm With You

 

I'm with you from the first day

when, little and frail,

you revealed yourself to life,

I'm always near you

in every moment

of this long road

that we have to do together.

Every night I watch over you,

I stretch my wings over your repose,

I caress your dreams and pray

so that not even one of them will be missing.

I'm with you also when

the world slaps you

and you work hard to contain your rage

or when, undecided, you stop

at the crossroads of your doubts

pondering which street to take.

I'm with you every time you feel lonely

and when you are looking for an embrace

that nobody gives you,

I always offer mine

or when you are looking for someone vainly

to return your smile,

I’m the one to return it to you.

I support your step

so that you don’t have to stagger

and be seized with the discouragement of your fear

and when you are sad, I suffer with you

shouldering all of your pain

and drying yours tears,

but in the moments of joy

my heart sings with yours in unison

and my look lightens

every time I see you to give love.

I guide you because you can rediscover

your divinity of God's son

and to take you back one day to the Source

that created and desired me

to be your Guardian Angel.

 

MARIA TOSTI

 

MARIA TOSTI is an Italian author from Perugia. Her literary debut was with a multilingual poetry book in 2014. She likes various forms of poetry but she's particularly interested in short poems, in Japanese style, and also likes creating visual poems thanks to her passion for Photography and Drawing. Many of her literary and artistic works have appeared in various national and international literary journals, magazines, blogs, websites and anthologies around the world.