MARIA A. MIRAGLIA

 

 

It Was Dawn

 

I decided to go, at last

to get out of that house

which had been for so long mine

heavy and grim the atmosphere

divergences and aloofness

great like mountains

never a word of love

never a smile

but…silences

The only deliverance

from the everlasting oppression

to run quickly away

and the day came

It was dawn

the first day-lights peeping

from the horizon

and aimless

I closed behind me that door

only a lean cat in the avenue and

just some streetlights

still lighting the houses

inside me

a faint hope

to hear a familiar voice

crying out my name

Not far from the sea and its waves

rhythmically breaking

against the rocks

I found myself there

shivering with cold

yet could clearly hear

coming from the deep waters

a caressing voice

and i let me go to its inviting call

My heart stopped beating

my lungs breathing

but I could see

shortly after

some passers by

looking at my lifeless body and

from a distance hear

their voices whisper

a drowned man…a drowned man

@ Maria Miraglia

 

Part Of It

 

Light my soul

like a petal of a white rose

between the sky and sea

in the uncertain air

of the early morning

far from the world's noise

Still sleeping are the birds

the sea is calm

silent the winds

and me freely hovering

curious observing

the dim colors of dawn

Distant at the horizon

a boat goes

like an old wanderer

while some lights

shyly peeking

through the dark mantle

of the night

draw imaginary sceneries

on the expanse of the blue

In the silence

a celestial tune

can now be heard

and me in the void

full of the immense

part of it feel to be

@Maria Miraglia

 

MARIA A. MIRAGLIA

 

MARIA A. MIRAGLIA is an Italian poet, translator, essayist, and activist whose work bridges languages, cultures, and human rights. Born and residing in Italy, Miraglia’s academic journey is distinguished: she graduated in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the Aldo Moro University in Bari, earned master’s degrees in Evaluation and Assessment and in the Teaching of Modern Languages, and completed linguistic studies at institutions such as Trinity College, Edinburgh.Her professional life includes teaching foreign languages at the secondary school level and serving as a language teacher trainer. Equally significant is her deep engagement in human rights, peace, and intercultural dialogue. Miraglia has been closely associated with Amnesty International and is the founder of the World Foundation for Peace (WFP). She participates in various organisations focused on children’s rights, human rights, peace activism, and literature. Miraglia’s poetry and prose have been published in both Italian and English, translated into more than 30 languages, and featured in numerous international anthologies. She is also active in the literary community as a founding member and Literary Director of the Pablo Neruda Association, a member of several editorial boards, and an elected member of the European Academy of the Arts and Sciences in Salzburg, among other honours.