Svegliarsi A Primavera
Waking in Spring

Like air that comes to rest

on the glow of a flame
the flame lights up
at the radiance of your face
a star in the desert
that illuminates my soul
and your essence settles
on petals from roses
like ears of corn in the wind
then the wind takes a break
a rest that is gentle and carefree
above powder from the snow
and like snow beneath the sun
unafraid of the heat
I will sleep without fear
since your dreams are by my side
how sweet is your smile
that has never asked for anything
and I have said nothing to you
before these words
and without you these words
would not be a song
without you this song
would not be about love
this love is unguarded
and will never be able to say enough
it only takes one word
and that word is simply sorry
I am truly sorry my love
too often unsaid
I feel like a wave
the beach has spirited away
letters never written
then left on the couch
that space so empty
it makes me feel alone
I hear the melody of a violin
sing a song of poetry
it is your song that calls me
to wake me when it is evening
it is your aria that calls me
to wake me in spring
© Lou Pizzi 2008

Fantasia

Fantasy

I will quietly count
but only up to six
if I close my eyes and look behind
I will find you there
I see you dressed
in clouds and sky
flowers in a book
I read every night
I may be fragile
but my thoughts never are
they drive the hands of my mind
and I would lie for you
Fantasy you play with my thoughts
bringing them life
in this dream I wish to live
it is no use hiding
there is no longer any need to hide
so I will marry
my heart and your soul
and in silence
I will fly on your wings
I will follow you
through sky and clouds
far away from thoughts
and beyond
I will escape with you
© Lou Pizzi 2008

A Te Che Non Sei

To Someone Who Left No Sign

Look at all the lights how they sparkle
they are not shining for us anymore
reflected on calm water
they dance on a dream that is no longer there
with only one gesture you are going to kill them
recollections that remain
this darkness surrounding me takes me back
to emotions I have already felt
I will carry into the distance anything I no longer need
besides in your eyes my words
are only embers of something gone you never speak to me
you never did speak to me
turning away no decision made
searching for someone to replace me
no answer givenliving like this within meaningless barriers
simply grows more exhausting
here with me close
and yet not present
I am uncomfortable at the idea of you staying
I will wipe out your lies but you
loose the taste for me you have acquired
I will carry into the distance everything you never were
the things I gave you can not be bought
you will not have a chance to be offered them again
you no longer exist

there never was a you

Per I Tuoi Occhi

For Your Eyes

This is why I am here
beneath this sky that is never still
and this is why I am here
beside a far from calm sea
and your skin full of stars
and this is why I am here
surrounded by this green
to say these three words to you
that is why I said yes
for your eyes – yes
when we hold each other like this
the cold no longer frightens me
let’s love each other like this
in the rain falling on us
for your eyes
I wish to die only here
for this night that has your eyes
that is why I said yes
this is why I am here
to dress your hair in rose red fire
and that is why I am here
here to listen to your voice of the north
and this is why I am here
just one step away from the world
a world not yet ready for you
for you I said – yes
for your eyes – yes
let’s hold each other like this
and there is nothing left that hurts
let’s love each other like this
in a moment that lasts for ever
for your eyes – yes
for you I said – yes
© Lou Pizzi 2008

Poesia Di Vincent

Poem To Vincent

This is simply a song
born in my thoughts
and written in a prison
where I died yesterday
to those of you who listen to me now
and hear these fragile notes
if my words open the door to the soul that you have
then you will have understood
what I am trying to tell you
and when my mind does not exist in a desert
it navigates freely in an open sea
I paint clowns and “pierrot”
in my mind
loving this life that
sometimes does not hear me
but I hear it
I will sing you a poem
I will sing about my life
do not ask me if God exists I myself do not even know
but I do paint rainbows even when the sky is hazy
I paint clowns and “pierrot”
in my mind
leaving this life that
now
does not hear me
and I do not hear
© Lou Pizzi 2008

Il Volo Di Un Gabbiano

The Flight Of A Seagull

A deserted beach where you can think
what happens out at sea
stars in the sky like eyes glowing in the dark
they appear to stare to make you wary
my thoughts journey far away
much too far to follow
now I am alone solo in time
perhaps for a while perhaps for just a moment
it seems a bit curious or even strange
how at certain times you have a sensation
of loneliness an emotion
that sometimes can offer relief
I feel something strange in the air
I feel something uncertain in the air
yet I can not understand
if it is the wind
or a dream
out of the dark a light suddenly shines
a lone seagull uncertain where to go
a seagull who is unique with an unusual expression
he has something to say but can not speak
and like me he can not sleep
he just keeps flying with no fixed destination
twisting curves in the air diving at the sea
barely touching the surface before rising again
now a bit weary wishing to rest
he lands swiftly on a rock out at sea
a solitary wave he does not comprehend
drags him off and drowns him
the stars in the sky appear dimmed
at the unhappy fate of an innocent seagull
and the stars in the sky are dimmed
at the unhappy fate of an innocent seagull
© Lou Pizzi 2008

La Fiamma Danza
The Flame Dances

Dance the flame dances
we find ourselves alone and naked in this room
dance the flame dances
our eyes closed searching for your essence
by candlelight I will give you my heart
in a circle of light circle of breath
by candlelight you will give me love
shadow of a rose vase of diamonds
the light that you are
the light that you give
you are still dancing
you never tire
dance the flame dances
a ray from the moon
shinning in this room
dance the flame dances
it is a leaf of light
emotions of elegance
by candlelight
like a spell accompanies us
into the eyes of a sunset
by candlelight
simply your name
only the flame has no discord
the light you are
the light that you give
you are still dancing
you never tire
dancing with us
the flame dances
choosing the rhythm
flowing around
dance the flame dances
dance for us
alone in this room
© Lou Pizzi 2008

Lei Che Aspetta

The Lady Waits

It is here she is waiting
but this is just another time
she has dressed carefully
in joy and hope
as she is still awaiting a dream
amongst the never ending smoke
in the same club
with her green eyes that denude her thoughts
waiting for other eyes she saw just yesterday
and beyond that fog
too thick to cut
appear those eyes sweeter than love itself
so deep and true
it shakes her inside
she lets them in like leaves in the wind
seeing them as if they were made of sun
seeing that look
her resistance melted
it is all in her head
and she has in mind strange thoughts
she would like to let them fly
like a rose bud opening in spring
it is all so simple and plainly true
that when she sees white it replaces black
between the musicians and the smoke
she holds on tight to that moment
the notes change
and the rock becomes a slow dance
and now she knows she no longer has control
she moves slowly and asks for this dance
that is how together
they keep in step with the dance
and that is how time feels like drops of water
and that is how their lips met
love is the depths of goodness
and the music does not lie
it is in the depths of her heart
and the music she hears it
© Lou Pizzi 2008

Resta Qui

Stay Here

Stay here near me
with your fragility
those memories are not you
hold me like this
and they will follow you no more
stay here near me
as if we were in harmony
let yourself go if you want
stay here and you can rest
your dreams in mine
if your hands tremble
there are hands that will warm them
if you want
stay here near me
an angel is missing
it is you
who narrate it’s poems
they talk about you
you never talk about youself
stay here if you want
stay here or I will miss you
I will not ask you for more
I will not ask you
if your heart is inside mine
and if winter comes back
you are the summer
that will go on for ever
if you wish
© Lou Pizzi 2008

Voglia Di Vivere

Wishing For Life

I am motionless here
at a junction where I don’t know
I am breathles
show much it costs just to live
and that is how dreams fall away
I won’t pick them up
I can’t get them
and I don’t know
my eyes quiver
but I won’t stop
one step and another on and on
life is a river that grows
and it goes on
I feel it going on
rising in the wind
and I know it will make me live
sometimes it is ash or without the sun
but I won’t stop
it goes on growing and continues
and it is all I have
I won’t stop
like a river it rises
and grows and rises
I won’t stop
© Lou Pizzi 2008

Svegliarsi A PrimaveraWaking in SpringLike air that comes to rest