Goodbyes

And a thousand different skies

merge to one within my eyes:

people, places, memories, thoughts;

all is here and all is lost.

Suns that rose now sun that sets:

pink, blue, green; rewind, reset.

Dive away majestic bird,

‘til you step back foot onto this Earth!

by Egle Lorenzini

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