*
I had the feeling
I had been lost at sea
just for a few weeks
.
if weeks count as
years having no sweet
food or drink just
.
overcoming the waves
withstand the wind patience
unfolded under the sun
.
one morning – passing by
a mirror – not able to
recognize myself
.
*
ho avuto la sensazione
d’esser stata naufraga persa
nel mare qualche settimana
.
se le settimane contano
come anni senza cibo
o acqua dolce solo
.
le onde da superare
sopportando il vento la pazienza
spiegata sotto il sole
.
una mattina – passando
davanti a uno specchio –
incapace di riconoscermi
.
To listen to the poet’s reading of this poem in English click on the audio below: You can read more of Anna Mosca’s “California Notebooks” by clicking HERE. Leggi più dei “quaderni californiani” di Anna Mosca QUI.
Bonnie McClellan-Broussard 
Nice. Love the sea theme with the emotional connection. 🙂
Thank you, happy you like it. The imagery of enduring life’s elements while in the middle of the sea was the most powerful I could come up with to describe emotional hardship. 🙂
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Hi Tokoni, nice blog you have! Please visit mine at http://www.annamosca.com and let’s stay in touch 🙂
A lovely poem, too keenly aware of its agony to show it. When one is “lost at sea,” what is one’s reflection in the mirror but a deserted isle in the middle of a tempest. Or a ghost ship, following its own true north. Hearing this read aloud, the beauty of one’s loneliness is ripened to a crisp perfection.