THE BENCH

I sat next to you On the sidelines You were close like a star Never too near, always too far. Words in my throat were left ajar Your hand next to mine Has forever left a print No matter the summer or season or year I know i would always want you here. Paolo Driussi

 90

I am here,

Unable to speak or to understand it thoroughly.

First sights were my mother's dying smile

And some benches that weren't our own.

Then my father who that day 

Had a poorly knotted tie.

A few months later

I realized that cancer was guiding my sister back home

Before I could remember his invisible voice.

The fleeting vistas flick by

Like fireflies without a point of view.

All roads are timeless finds for those who leave.

Paolo Driussi

 WHEN EVER IN DOUBT  

Sometimes I feel depressed 

But I know at best

I'm better off than some

You can look at me 

And you'll still see

A smile upon my face

And now a requiem for

What could have been.

Paolo Driussi.

 WHAT I THINK TO MYSELF AT NIGHT

With every bad there is good.

At least that is what I think to myself at night.

And I wish I could say just how much that I genuinely cared.

Paolo Driussi

 Message d'amour d'une mère malade à son fils.

Françoise Hardy, avec sa chanson d’adieu "Tant de jolies choses"', à son fils Thomas.

Derrière les paroles de la chanson se cache une mère malade qui souhaite apaiser son fils.

Tellement bien écrit, tellement...

Même s'il me faut lâcher ta main

Sans pouvoir te dire "À demain"

Rien ne défera jamais nos liens

Même s'il me faut aller plus loin

Couper les ponts, changer de train

L'amour est plus fort que le chagrin

L'amour qui fait battre nos cœurs, va sublimer cette douleur

Transformer le plomb en or, tu as tant de belles choses à vivre encore

Tu verras au bout du tunnel, se dessiner un arc-en-ciel

Et refleurir les lilas, tu as tant de belles choses devant toi

Même si je veille d'une autre rive

Quoi que tu fasses, quoi qu'il t'arrive

Je s'rai avec toi comme autrefois

Même si tu pars à la dérive

L'état de grâce, les forces vives

Reviendront plus vite que tu ne crois

Dans l'espace qui lie ciel et la terre, se cache le plus grand des mystères

Comme la brume voilant l'aurore, il y a tant de belles choses que tu ignores

La foi qui abat les montagnes, la source blanche dans ton âme

Penses-y quand tu t'endors, l'amour est plus fort que la mort

Dans le temps qui lie ciel et terre se cache le plus beau des mystères

Penses-y quand tu t'endors, l'amour est plus fort que la mort

Addio Françoise

 Potrebbe essere l'ultimo giorno, nessuno sa se domani ci saremo, qui, altrove, non necessariamente vivi o meno.

Ecco perché dovrei, dovremmo goderci ogni attimo della giornata, di noi, di chi amiamo, ogni prezioso dono della nostra vita, fino in fondo e senza privarsi di nulla! Dovremmo gioire, ridere, correre, piangere, finché saremo stanchi, finché non avremo lacrime o forza e ricordare a noi stessi che nulla è scontato! Neppure l'amore, i nostri cari, un fiore, una stella ..e allora diciamolo quel ti voglio bene, perché la vita scorre come le acque di un fiume impetuoso e spesso porta via con se', emozioni, sentimenti, attimi, parole e il domani potrebbe non arrivare mai! Non dobbiamo avere paura di pronunciare quel ti voglio bene, che fa bene a chi lo pronuncia e forse anche a chi lo riceve!

IN MY HEART AND MIND

I try to think you don’t exist

Because I’m scared of what I’d do.

The things I would never tell you

Are locked close in my heart and mind.

Paolo Driussi.