Every word has been spoken

 

 

After the rains stop and the summer dissolves

Under a light blue sky soft breezes slide and revolve

Trees lining the garden path prepare to face the fall

Of slow yellow leaves and wait for the winter’s call

Soon northern winds will spray thick mist in the air

And morning dew will cling to the dead grass as silver crown

 

 

Days are getting shorter, throwing early long

Mystique shadows on the fallen foliage

Now the quiet forest observes the birds fly away

Clouds waltz, a cold wind sings the old song

And its rhythm resonates in my mind

The sunset spreads on blue hills the colors of autumn time.

 

Paolo Driussi

Between two and three o'clock at night

 

The rain comes with the same usual tick ticks on the window

I keep going through the storm to who is waiting

I won’t make it by tonight if I go to slow

 

The rain does not alter or slow but rather picks up

I have to hurry because they're waiting

My car keeps picking up speed, going ever so faster

 

I hope they are still waiting

The wind blows and I end up in a meadow

For there they are in my sight

 

Then I realize my nightmare

For they've been dead for many years

Am I dead? Three ' o clock at night.

Paolo Driussi

So passé

An age where we can talk to everyone
But nobody knows what to say
It's getting old and lost its fun
Out off style and so passé. 

I have scars on the inside of my mouth
Because I'm talking to myself
It hurts my jaw without a doubt 
Looking at the life of someone else

We all get lost in the vanity
It takes the human out of humanity
Such a sad calamity 
We soak up life with a battery

Caught up in all the new age trends
Missing all our digital friends
Devolving feels like such a sin 
Hiding behind a self portrait grin


Paolo Driussi

Waiting for the van to come

What was pleasing now is almost fully gone 
Man’s future makes a shadow of ages. 
Various events till our joyful life 
Dear faces vanished, ruins remained 
No mercy express the daily old strife 
The long for sunshine seams as mirage vain. 
The fire devours fall’s color of trees 
Hot summer with the red lips passed away, 
North wind will bring a sense of cold kiss 
Yesterday nice vision dwells in the soul.

Paolo Driussi.

A Couple More Days

Breathing the August Air 
Red color spilled with light 
Unforgetable memories shared 
Encompassed by unending day. 
Flawless though this place may seem 
Relentless of the truth, 
Imperfection, though minute, sometimes overlooked
Never understanding things that aren't there 
Sunset will come, and soon you will see, 
Simple, beautiful, fallen leaves.

Paolo Driussi.

A Natural Waltz

I could sense the feeling of calm inside me. 
It swelled as the earth moved. 
I danced as the soil grooved. 
Nature and I, becoming one in a natural waltz, 
Reunited despite our several faults. 
My thoughts screamed in the quiet realm that was my mind. 
I disappeared as I became lost in time. 
No essence of mind, body, or soul, 
Ghosts that whispered around me through the trees, 
Nothing could touch me.I could fly 
Higher and higher I flew, the clouds flying by. 
This is the feeling that encompasses me as I lie beside nature, 
One on one after so many years of departure. 
The earth is our roots, and from earth we bear our fruits, 
The fruits that grow and become our future, our hope. 
My journey has ended, the knowledge on my face.

Paolo Driussi.

Chapters of life

Our lives are filled with so much pain 
I often ponder why we are expected not to go insane 
Life gets especially tough in places 
Everyone you meet a smile seems to be on their faces 
You sit and just glance around 
True happiness it appears everyone else has found 
And with that depressed look, you wonder why not me 
But yet life is a game and parts of it we cannot see 
So we sit and cry in our own sorrow 
Not knowing what might come tomorrow 
Our heads hung in shame 
Looking for our fifteen minutes of fame 
Then out of the blue 
Without even one little clue 
We suddenly realize 
Our miracles were merely in disguise 
We open the doors and let them into our hearts 
These miracles are what makes up life's many parts
Whenever you're down and don't know where to look 
Go back to that chapter in your own life's book.


Paolo Driussi