Lullaby in War
I'm dying to meet youforbidden dawnwhile I crawldodging the scythe

I'm dying to caress youlight of my lifeand see you open your new eyesWhile mine are closing

I'm dying to kiss your foreheadcreature of my insides,and sing you a lullabyto silence the rumbles that terrify you

I'm dying to get to you,hidden treasureand drea
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The toy’s scene
--Claire, don't hang up! Just listen for a second, said Mark very fast through the phone.

Silence

-It's Liam, added Mark.

-I'm listening, said Claire.

-He is not doing well. We had to go to the psychologist. She insists on having a conversation with the three of us.

-No way. I'm not going near you no matter what.

-But it's for Liam's sake. He has stopped talking, doe
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The Christmas Angel
Glued to the frosted glassof the living room doorwhere the magic was workingI dreamed with a merry heart

Inside, to the scent of fir and mosslittle restless lightsAppeared one by oneUntil they illuminated the dark room

It was the Christmas angelTalking to daddyand handed him our simple giftsfrom the Child God.

When he let us inand we approached the cri
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My sparrow
My sparrow is quite common:

Bouncy, happy and elusive.

Plays hide and seek

among the branches

braiding the four corners

of my square.

Calls me with the singing

of a childish laugh,

and it disappears

leaving me alone,

searching for its improbable shadow.

I want to be like my sparrow:

Small, humble,

happy and free.

And
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The dance of silence
Marianna always wanted to be a ballerina.

From her earliest childhood, she was fascinated by the tulle dresses, the satin slippers with ribbons, and the graceful movements of the slender figures that flew across the stages like butterflies, almost without touching the ground with th
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