THE LOST EMPIRE
Like a centuries-old tree
Uprooted from the veins of Mother Earth
abandoning dreams and projects
locked inside a suitcase without a key.
Unconscious I crossed the sea
Filled with my tears,
Still on the dancing, dizzying waves,
where hope hurt my own world,
Getting wet to the core from the dew
that envelops my thoughts,
scattered who knows where,
or to that distant country.
Running away from the misery of the past
I stepped over the clouds of my existence,
Entangled in the trap of desire
towards a better future.
Going astray, another person I saw in me
without finding that "I" anymore,
and another language I heard
hugging everything without arms.
The broken roots,
So far,
Regret the call of my homeland
of my life, as well as of many others.
I... suspended in the air
I stand out the flight in black and blue
In a different, unknown sky
Nourishing my lungs
With the icy wind of the storm
not being able to warm me
from the grey sun of the ocean
Traitor like the moon
that no longer caresses me,
therefore I become incapacitated
hungry, set without food or water.
As an immigrant, I remain in the middle of the two countries
Just wishing to come back
Where I came from
in the middle of the trees
that my grandfather planted.
I... for centuries
still in search of the lost empire.
ANGELA KOSTA - ALBANIA & ITALY
ANGELA KOSTA was born in Albania and has lived in Italy since 1995. She is Executive Director the magazine in print MIRIADE, translator, essayist, journalist, literary critic and promoter. She has published 23 books: novels,
poems and fairy tales in Albanian, Italian, Turkey, French, Arabic, Korean and English. Her publications have appeared in various literary magazines and newspapers in various states. Angela Kosta translates and writes articles and interviews for the newspaper in various states. Is Ambassador of Culture and Peace in various organizations no profit in various states. Angela Kosta has been translated and published in 40 foreign languages and countries.
ANGELA KOSTA was born in Albania and has lived in Italy since 1995. She is Executive Director the magazine in print MIRIADE, translator, essayist, journalist, literary critic and promoter. She has published 23 books: novels,
poems and fairy tales in Albanian, Italian, Turkey, French, Arabic, Korean and English. Her publications have appeared in various literary magazines and newspapers in various states. Angela Kosta translates and writes articles and interviews for the newspaper in various states. Is Ambassador of Culture and Peace in various organizations no profit in various states. Angela Kosta has been translated and published in 40 foreign languages and countries.
