MARY ANN VITALE

 

 

Stop Playing With My Emotions

 

My life is a roller-coaster!

Stop playing with my emotions.

I pull the petals of a daisy flower, 

They fall to the ground

With the words carried on the wings of the wind:  

He loves me,

He loves me not,

He loves me, 

He loves me not.

One day, he is so sweet and loving,

I feel on top of the world.

One day, he is nasty and ugly,

I feel I am tumbling down.

He is always in control, 

Holding my life, like the string of a thread.

One day, he swings it to the right,

One day, to the left,

One day, he twirls it around his little finger,

Like it’s nothing.

Stop playing with my emotions!

Don’t make my life a roller-coaster!

 

Body Builders

 

Some people can lift us up,

Others can tear us down.

Be a person that builds up,

That sees the best in everyone.

Plant seeds that grow

Into healing plants,

And transform the world 

One person at a time.

Words build,

Words tear,

Be builders of souls,

Plant a seed of healing,

A kind word of acceptance,

No matter who they are,

What they have done. 

Offer a smile,

A kind word,

A shoulder to lean on,

A strong hand to squeeze a feeble one.  

And joining hands with others,

We can build the world,

Change it 

Into a peaceful and loving place,

With the walls of division healed.

 

MARY ANN VITALE

 

MARY ANN VITALE is an award-winning author of children’s books and a poet. She was born in Sicily, Italy. As a young child, she moved to the United States and resides in Michigan. At the age of 49, she was inspired by her granddaughter to write her first story, Simon, the Red Fish. That was the beginning of her writing career. Through the years, she has published more than twenty children’s books in English, Italian and Sicilian. Her award-winning books, The Water Lily Fairy; The Street Where the Dollar Tree Grew; Fingerprints on the Mirror; and Hidden Treasures in a Book - Vol.1. Her latest historical book for adults, Lu Jornu ca lu Mulinazzu Chiancìu, in Sicilian language is published under her maiden name Maria Anna Manzella. All her books can be found on amazon worldwide.