MARIA MIRAGLIA

MARIA MIRAGLIA

INCAPACITY

Not a smile

let alone a laugh

that leave on your face

furrows of a life lived in joy

but a frowning forehead

raised eyebrows and

lips always ready

to move reproaches

Whether you like it or not

the day will come when

you will be called to account for it

and then you will not be allowed to lie

nor adduce explanations

that had a logic

for you alone

Your face stiffened in a grimace

will tell of your anger

of your grudges

your incapacity to grasp

the beauty that is in a flower

hear the bird's melodies

when cheerful they sing songs

in spring

or listen to the murmur of the waves

when under a starry sky

they tell stories

of lovers and sailors

@ Maria Miraglia

FRAGMENTS OF LIFE

Like a thief

I steal from time

Fragments of my life

To keep them  carefully

In a crystal casket

So when fate is

To me adverse

The memory

Of those fleeting moments

That drew once

Smiles on my face

Brightened my soul

Like a ray of white moon

A dark night

Will make me feel alive

Again

In a world of deaths

@ Maria Miraglia

THE SEA

Quiet is the sea

to the farthest horizon

like a child's sleep

in a mother's arms

blue and transparent

under the clear sky

of a spring morning

cheered by the seagulls' singing

that seems to call to

high thoughts

truths far and unknown

places lived

when brisk was the pace

sweet but indomitable the spirit

I can hear

its caressing voice

the waves chasing each other

in their steps of dance

telling of old stories

of pirates sailors

and lovers under starry nights

I could watch it endlessly

and never get tired

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MARIA MIRAGLIA