Far Away From Here

Far away from here

That crash the surface of my mind

Into the abyss of fathoms deep

There with every memory I can find

Lives a peace that only I may keep

Sweet and lovely dreams

Of yester-year and yester-love

Offer me a brief nostalgic thrill

Let me see once again

The smiles of those who loved me

Inside this sea of still

Take me to this world that rests

Let me linger till the night is through

Take me to the world that I once knew

Paolo Driussi.

Dancing in a rose meadow

In a state of half wakefulness, 

I lay dreaming of you, 

Dancing in a rose meadow

Amidst pervading perfume, 

You saw me watching and smiled my way. 

I joined you in that rose meadow

And we danced together, 

Suddenly, you vanished into thin air, 

And a thousand thorns pricked me.

Paolo Driussi.

 In the heat of the night

Held captive in blinking time windows

Heartbeats captured in subjectivity’s vertigo

In amber awareness like clanging signals

For a slow awareness of approaching objectivity.

Paolo Driussi

 Flowers I Won't Pick

When my life, as flowers do

Begins to fade, not to be blue, 

A new life like a new plant around me grows

I think back now as I suppose

It’s not that thorns have never stung

It’s just that song  that I haven’t sung

Like a flower that reflects in morning sun

The softest petals, moonlight spun.

Paolo Driussi

 THE SKY OF PADUA

We are fingerpainting the sky of Padua.

White cotton words appear

From clouds passing by

While tiny violins spin in the air.

Doves coo their contentedness

Trailing off the pleasant breeze.

Paolo Driussi

SPRING

 It should have come in April,

Hadn't shown first week of May.

I waited through the winter,

Eagerly waiting for the day

when the sun would shine with vigor,

The rain would no longer fall.

Today the sun is shining and

Spring, at last, has come to call.

I welcomed you with open arms

And I threw some blossom in the air

A cheery bird song was heard.

New sights, new sounds, new pleasures

As all of Nature stirred.

Paolo Driussi

 THANK YOU MOM

I am remembering

How she sent my ship of dreams

Sailing clear waters

And remembering

That loving smile each morning

Her outright courage

In face of straits

I was such a happy kid!

After all these years

Thank you Mom!

Paolo Driussi.

 I'LL BE

I'll be yours

I'll be your storm. 

I'll be your fire. 

I'll be your shadow. 

I'll be your hope

When you're stranded at sea. 

"What will you be to me?"

Paolo Driussi.

JUST HAVE A LITTLE FAITH

The voices in your head are not you,

Dive into the lake and let them drown.

I hope you find solace in nature

And release your fears and tears.

Not every season stays forever.

Every pain will become a beautiful lesson.

Paolo Driussi.

 LOVERS

Our love of old

Flourishes yet again

Like a peach in the swelter of summer,

Growing with every clicky-click of the rail.

The conductor calls last stop

Our eyes are lost in wonderment

And we are now as we were then

Lovers. 

Paolo Driussi.