{"id":1670,"date":"2022-10-07T22:42:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T22:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marziaspoetry.com\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2022-10-07T22:44:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T22:44:01","slug":"the-migrant-and-the-finch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marziaspoetry.com\/?p=1670","title":{"rendered":"THE MIGRANT AND THE FINCH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Between the naked branches the view is free&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>there is an abandoned nest, there on the tree!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the leaves had fallen in winter\u2019s cold\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it\u2019s builder have left, for a flight so bold!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In search of a place of warm and tender&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in search of a land in bloom so splendour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where among the green branches&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>its new nest is hidden from glances!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I too like the roaming finch,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>have created a nest warmer and rich!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me too migrant, like others I build my nest&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in a foreign land, I did my best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the voice of my homeland like a dart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>was rambling like a charm in my heart!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So like the finch that came back in spring&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I came back to find what happiness could bring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for the human it isn\u2019t like the finch&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that has no baggage and find everything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those that as migrant have taken the road\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>there is no homeland to return to shore!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even in the place where you were born&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>always you\u2019ll be treated as a stranger with scorn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lost the friends of the happy days&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>lost the dears one that have pass away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You never return from where you have left&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>when you return, you\u2019ll find just regrets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remembering, in yesterday\u2019s memories gone by&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the nicer thing that you did with pride!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will return finch to your shores&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and will find still your nest, once more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will fix it with feathers, and twigs&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>making it stronger so it can resist!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I, that walk on my meadow so green&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fill a stranger and sadness fill my dreams!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t belong to my own people any more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that of my ways and my ideas are not so sure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be a migrant is a hard life\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>because regrets is constantly by your side!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You never go back to where you left<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>because by returning you fill regrets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you have a family, if you have love to give&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>there is, a better world you can build and achieve!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the finch among the green branches,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>build a protected nest taking no chances ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You migrant, will build your home with strife\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a \u201cHeaven\u201d, that rewards and give you pride!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live and let live everybody, is your quest;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>treating all with politeness and respect!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t need a homeland or shore to rest;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you belong where is your family, your \u201cnest\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But most of all, you can be you and the reality,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>is that you are part of all of humanity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can reason, without preconcert and it seems,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that anywhere, you can build your world of dream!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because for sure you are free to think\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and fly free anywhere&#8230; like the finch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poetry written in Italian n. 272<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>written on the 1<sup>st<\/sup> of March 2001 at 58 years and translated in English on the 14<sup>th<\/sup> of November 2021 at 59 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poetry in English n. 65<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between the naked branches the view is free&#8230; there is an abandoned nest, there on the tree! 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