MIRELA LEKA XHAVA

 

A Little Breath Of Camus

 

I have been sculpting myself for a long time,

Perhaps I was born by gift of the gods

Vertically-horizontally

I make a cross and wait for the completion of the work

Which has no end and no beginning.

 

Somewhere, sometimes I blow the dust of the absurd

Detach my perfection from the secular gravitation

To resemble the rest of the sky that we never understood.

 

In my « workshop ».

I am already sculpting myself without pain

Imaginary metamorphosed.

I find myself a stranger every day

Except for the smile I recognise in my eyes.

 

 

Beyond The Mirage

 

Everything here speaks to the heavens

Smiles at the sunrise

And why not at the sunset,

Waiting for another day

To be light and clear in all seasons.

Speaks with the sea and the land

Friends and perpetual enemies of the deep

On this globe of living things where we all coexist

Far and near, we seek the dreams that dissolve

Beyond the self

              Beyond the skies.

 

 

Late Summer

 

Not yet gone, escaped somewhere beyond clouds,

I miss Summer

I sit on the threshold of dreams and wait ‘till it’s return.

August rain dampens my hair and the tired sun barely peeks out,

It seems to whisper ;

          -The autumn wind will dry it when it blows.

At the last goodbye I understood

That they were the tears of a setting sun.

 

I miss Summer,

Not yet gone, escaped somewhere beyond clouds,

I sit on the threshold of dreams and wait ‘till it’s return.

 

MIRELA LEKA XHAVA

 

MIRELA LEKA XHAVA (Albanian – French) She was born in the city of Elbasan, Albania. She was passionate about literature since. Childhood, being published from time to time in various magazines and newspapers. She graduated in Albanian Language and Literature at « Aleksander Xhuvani » Elbasan University. Until 2002, before immigrating to France, she worked as a librarian at the city’s University Library, where she was also a member of the League of Writers of Elbasan. Her Poems have been published in prestigious magazines and newspapers in Albania, Kosovo, England, Canada, USA, Belgium, Bangladesh, India, Tunisia, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Dominican Republic, Holland as well as in France, on French online literary sites, etc. .. She Is active in literary salons and fairs in France, as well as contemporary literature, where she Won the « Diplôme d’Honneur at the 24th Printemps des Poètes -Sartrouville France ». It has been published periodically in the literary magazine Poètes Sans Frontières « Florilège » -Dijon, in the Canadian Anthology of Literary Poetry in defense of children « Ethics and Global Education », the International Anthology of Poets for Peace – Tunisia, in the Anthology « Paris  Window » volume 2 Poetry, in the Anthology « Confessions » India, in the Anthology of Atunis  Galaxy Poetry-Belgium and was a finalist of the Mediterranean Poetry Festival-Rome 2022, In the semi-final of the competition Mili-Dueli Bosnie-Herzégovine etc. She has recently been accepted as a member of the Association of French Poets. Literary works: « I don’t want winter in my eyes » (poems) 1999, published in Albania. « Les fleurs de la rue Montesquieu » (Flowers of Montesquieu Street) – Publishing house « ADA » Tirana 2022 in (Albanian-French).  She is working on the latest books of the poetry series in France. Currently lives with his family in Bordeaux, France.