My Last Partner

Welcome

last partner

I greet you joyfully

this moment is very special

the end of a long wait

I extend my hand in greeting

a strong, calm hand

my countenance serene

shake my hand

vigorously and warmly

wrap my naked body

in your cape

freed of masks

born of mud and clay

vanishing into dust

my last abode

freed from crusts and knots

burdens of conscience

reconciled with the Ego, the Self

and the world

Come close, my last partner

grant me your attention

observe my eyes

lighthouse illuminating

spaces of happiness

hear the melodious words

lips carved with serenity

answering your presence

Welcome

my last partner

allow my ears

to taste the last breath

the closing chapter

of an existence

that sings

the last sublime departure

on a Buraq[1]

with wings.

The Sky Over Lampedusa

Lampedusa

a night like many others

the dead of a clear night

stars and moon

keep a solitary ship

company

In the Mediterranean Sea

they travel with no compass

solitary youths

laden with bravery

their pockets full of hope

In the Mediterranean Sea

the corals and fishes

rest in silence

witnesses to a journey

towards destinations unknown

In the Mediterranean Sea

city lights timidly

watch over silence

Lampedusa,

dawn comes early

floating amid the sea

are fragments of life

witness to a trip

with a sad ending

today the wave of human beings that often

spills on your shores will not be landing

but do not fear,

the wave comes back.

It always does.