Dear Nonna,

A tired smile With distant eyes,
Your confused look betrays
your acknowledging nod.

Hear about my day
Hear about my life
Hear about my future
Forget it all; a minute later.

I hold your hands,
Those of a woman taken by time but
your thoughts are young.
You're a child in a playground
FIlled with children
Nobody knows
nobody cares.
Freedom is all you have.

You start singing to me
a song about a woman,
The most beautiful woman
Whose daughters made her older.
A woman with golden hair and white skin
A woman so kind and beautiful
Of the noblest title:
Mother.

And then your face glows
Your eyes sparkle.
Your emotions hasten as you carry your tune
Far beyond my world
And deeper into yours.

Double my age twice
and you've got your body
But half my age twice
and you've got your smile.

Sing me songs and
Tell me tales
I want to enter your world
your Wonderland
Where to forget is to forgive
And to remember is to forget.

x