MARIA MIRAGLIA

MARIA MIRAGLIA

Ay Goodbye

It doesn't make you tremble

say goodbye to life

to the well-known paths

long crossed

to the street corners

you walked on

from child to old

and to the people met

even if careless indifferent

to the ones so much dear

that maybe didn't love you

as you wanted

so much the need for love

that every morning

you' d have liked

to see smiling eyes

for the simple fact

that they met yours

Few successes you think

you have collected

but many defeats

in what you believed more

sow and reap love

you felt like a shrewd reaper

waiting to see blooming fields

of Peace and Good

but one day a storm

the next on migratory birds

there to destroy your work

How many times bent on yourself

late at night in your dark room

or at sunset in front of the horizon

you felt alone

asking yourself a thousand things

not only under that moon

but in the universe

How many strange things in this world

started your life with a scream

and your desire now

to pass away in silence

leave the certainty of being

even if in a sad world and

full of pain

but your greatest fear

is to ignore on what

will the door open

after your demise

@ Maria Miraglia

A Battle Field

You can't kick Love out of your life

say it goodbye or throw it away

for fear it can hurt

make you suffer

your heart beat faster

You can even try to get rid of it

to soon get the knowledge

of how stubborn it is

just turn your face around

and it is still there

to give you good mornings

and kiss you good nights

Love a tireless fighter

declares war on reason

that focusing on logic

plans defence strategies

confident to be the winner

innocent as it is

on emotions and feelings

a huge fight begins

an elephant against a bird

that can even harass

as mosquitoes in summer or

bees sucking nectar from flowers

on the meanwhile

you a spectator

your heart a battle field.

@ Maria Miraglia

A Ray Of Sunshine

An umbrella under the August sun

and a crowded beach

joyful voices of children

bathers who can't hide

the uneasiness of the summer heat

slight the sound of the backwash

along the foreshore

and the two of us chatting

as always

without giving importance to words

sometimes without listening to each other

to the end

so long our life together

that we suppose to understand

even before things are said

A ray of sunshine on your face

stops the flow of things

looking for some shade

you approach me

almost touch me

your face in front of mine

I look up to you and

seem to see you

for the first time

after long

I stare at your clear eyes

the features of your face

listen to your voice and

ancient emotions crop up

Merged into each other

we almost forgot our identities

and with them our turmoils

the desire to discover the other.

that ray of sunshine gave us back our past

illuminated our present

MARIA MIRAGL