"Ninfea"

The new thoughts

Enclosed in a water lily
rest protected
between the pollen and the sweet smell
fragile defense
from a dream baby.

Crouched between the petals
become so small
on a bed of water
float
listening to the river drops become.

The singing of birds
the alarm of the day
which opens the flower
protected from the wind.

listening to clouds
dissolve hail
hand with lightning shelter
rainbow welcomes new
thoughts.


Maristella Angeli
(from Mirrors of the Soul - 1st International Prize "A Land of Legends" Castelli Romani Park (RM) 2008)