LIKE A THREAD OF LIGHT, a Poem by Maria Teresa Liuzzo

The path of cruelty found no peace,

dragged along by the congestion of the abyss.

A lightning bolt carried the geranium into the light,

and its soul became a hurricane.

It sought refuge in the limbo of the past,

where the human genome eluded all artifices,

and pain was left voiceless.

Your thought will be my love,

alive like coral in my veins.

We loved each other in boundless skies,

amid the hesitation of your desires,

even though we never met.

The sword joyfully opens the book,

as prophecy decrees, your name burns.

Of this clenched heart,

the ear strains,

in the final kiss,

crimson with dew.

Like a thread of light,

I bind myself to you.

Hold it,

like a seed in your hand.

Let me go…

Night will be a lantern of pupils, a humble companion,

in its breath the spirit will find peace.

Death purifies us,

and pity makes us happy.

Do not fear—tenacious is the root,

and from it, my Cross has blossomed.

I see you through the mist,

through the darkness that came to swallow me.

You appear to me, a sleeping sailor,

anchored spitefully to a star,

while I am a siren, chained to a shadow

of your chest.

Let me go…

Condemned to death,

I remain in the room as I once did,

a long-suffered time.

I will always be your naked soul,

and every night I will be by your side,

tucking you in, as one does for a child.

If my lips brush against your forehead,

like a sail or a snare,

my kisses will be bitter,

and your roses mere abstractions on canvas.

I still dream of you,

of that which never dies—

© Maria Teresa Liuzzo

Translation by Rasim Maslic

Maria Teresa Liuzzo was born in Saline di Montebello Jonico and lives in Reggio di Calabria (Italy). President of the Lyric-Dramatic Association ''P. Benintende'' - Journalist - Publisher. Chief Editor of the literary magazine ''LE MUSE'' - Essayist - Lyricist - Literary and art critic - Director of Public Relations - Translator - Opinionist - Writer - Doctor of Psychology - Leibniz University Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. - Professor of Philosophy and Modern Literature - USA. - Correspondent of ''IL PONTE ITALO - AMERICANO'' - USA - ''NUOVA CORVINA'' EUROPA - (Hunedoara) - Collaborator of ''ALB-SPIRIT'' TIRANA (ALBANIA), ''Gazzetta Nazionale'' (Tirana). ''Perqasje'' (Tirana); ''Gazeta Destinacioni'' (Valona - Albania); ''Dritare'' and ''Albania Press'' (based in Rome); ''Atunis'' (Belgium - Brussels); Alessandria Today (Italy); ''EZGULIK'' - Bukhara (UZBEKISTAN) dir. Obid KOLDOSH.

He is Editor of the newspaper ''THE FATEHPUR RESOLUTION (INDIA) Dr Shailesh VEER - ''PEN CRAFT'' - BANGLADESH (INDIA) - Dr. Sadiqur Raman Rumen - ''ORFEU '' - Pristina (ALBANIA) dir. Lan Qyqalla.

 

 

PUBLISHED WORKS:

 

''ROOTS'' Jason Ed. ( 1992 )

''PSYCHE'' Jason Ed. (1993)

''APEIRON'' Jason ed. (1995)

''EUTHANASIA OF UTOPIA'' Jason ed. (1997)

''WATER IS A SLOW BEAT'' - LINEACULTURA ed (2001)

''IMAGE AUTOPSY'' Agar ed. ( 2002 )

''BUT A RESTLESS WAVE STIRRERS THE VEINS'' Agar ed. ( 2003 )

''THE SHADOW DOES NOT EXCEED THE LIGHT'' Agar ed. ( 2006 )

''GENESIS'' Agar ed. ( 2008 )

''MYOSOTIDE'' Agar ed. (2009)

''AND NOW I TALK!'' Agar ed. ( 2019 )

''I'M TALKING, NOW!'' Agar ed. ( 2020 )

''DON'T TELL ME I LOVED THE WIND!'' Agar ed. (2021)

''THE MOTHER'S HUNGRY SHADOW'' Agar ed. ( 2022 )

''DANCE THE NIGHT IN YOUR PUPILS'' Agar ed. (2022)

''THE LIGHT OF RETURN'' Agar ed. (2022)

''IN VIGIL OF WEAPONS AND WORDS'' Agar Ed. ( 2023 )

''DANCE TO THE RHYTHM OF RHYMES'' curated by Università Marocchan (2023)

''TARMURI DE LUNA'' Cosmopoli ed. Romania (2023)

''ITALIAN BOOK'' - Anthology - translation by Eldar Akhadov (Russia October 2023)

''GREEN RAIN OF EMERALD'' Agar ed. (2024)

''DON'T BURY ME ALIVE'' - MOS ME SHJNNI NE DHE - Quick print ed. 2024 Tirana (Albania)

''HAIKU'' - Aius ed. Craiova 2024 (Romania)

''DHE TANI FLAS'' (TIRANA TIMES ED. 2024 - ALBANIA)

 

Numerous articles and publications in Italy and abroad