Neve - mantello

 

è ancora lontano nell'ovest 

lo stagno rosso dell'estate 

mentre la neve - mantello 

ha l'esatto colore delle stelle 

ho urlato soltanto 

parole ancestrali 

la notte ha udito 

la mia voce spezzata 

e intanto altrove 

tu respiravi nebbia

Imbolc 2023

Strappato la pelle

Restano solo le stelle 

a parlarmi ancora 

nel silenzio di carne 

di questa luna nuova 

che ha strappato la pelle 

al cielo. 

Soltanto la neve 

tenta di celare 

questa nudità.

Thank you three times

 

LISTEN TO - ASCOLTA

Thank you three times for the mistletoe 

I don’t deserve it but I adore 

Thank you three times for the mistletoe 

Wishing a new year that brings some hope 

Thank you three times for the mistletoe 

that is the fruit of my praying alone 

Thank you three times for the mistletoe 

I know my year will be difficult 

This remains the only place that is only for me 

nobody else can come here, nobody else can know it 

This remains the only place that is only for me 

where the south west can sing blowing away the fear

31st December 2022

The shadow of the first evening

 

LISTEN TO - ASCOLTA

When I walk into the fog 

I feel I am not alone 

maybe the shadow of the first evening 

that runs over the hills showing the limits 

Between this world and the others 

I know it is not a joke 

I hope the love that I have inside 

it is enough to pass through the night 

Sometimes I have said 

I really don’t want to be like that again 

but I am always there 

that means I have to face that at the end 

and I am still the same even if I am changed 

and I am still the same even if I am changed 

Lovers of the night like I am 

lately they have changed their mind 

there is something I feel merciless 

out there just when the darkness arrives 

Sometimes I have said 

I really don’t want to be like that again 

but I am always there 

that means I have to face that at the end 

and I am still the same even if I am changed 

and I am still the same even if I am changed 

3rd December 2022

Sharp joke

 

LISTEN TO - ASCOLTA

I’ve done it so many times 

without knowing it’s a lie 

and that I will soon become that man in time 

Only knowing who are you 

you can really see the blue 

buried into your deep and inner sky 

I’ve never noticed that the time 

could decide of you in spite 

bringing you to adore your lies 

you become heavy to fly 

It is a sharp joke 

you become what you don’t want 

the certainty you love 

makes you become a sad ghost 

Look around after the park 

there are buildings like the mud 

in a city that is far from its ancient past 

I’ve never noticed that the time 

could decide of you in spite 

 bringing you to adore your lies 

you become heavy to fly 

It is a sharp joke 

you become what you don’t want 

the certainty you love 

makes you become a sad ghost 

Larissa, Greece, 4th November 2022

Athens is a gaze

 

LISTEN TO - ASCOLTA

I just want to say 

lost into a place 

miles away from what 

I call home 

My mind is a maze 

I walk everyday 

to find the exit out 

this phase 

Because I don’t belong 

to nobody at all 

I’ve no place 

I’ve no home 

to go 

There’s a time a time to lie 

and there’s another time to say 

we were wrong 

Life’s not made only to die 

I have to forget it all 

before 

Athens’ a nice gaze 

on an ancient reign 

that is gone away 

in a blow 

I have seen it with 

imaginary love 

leaving all alone 

my soul 

Because I don’t belong 

to nobody at all 

I’ve no place 

I’ve no home 

to go 

There’s a time a time to lie 

and there’s another time to say 

we were wrong 

Life’s not made only to die 

I have to forget it all 

before 

Athens, Greece, 2nd November 2022