“Cherry Trees” (2018) – Chapbook – Gloria Mannazzu – 4/15

KEEP QUIET

Keep quiet
why are you so upset?

Let the people go
Let your thoughts go
you are free
you are peace.

The path to non-attachment
means training the mind
means leaving space for the void
means not knowing what will happen.

I know that I don’t know
I cannot control
the future of my life.

I can change
I get ready
I am finding
true beauty within me.

“Cherry Trees” (2018) – Chapbook with fourteen poems and eleven watercolours by Gloria Mannazzu.

1- Cherry Trees
2- Keep quiet
3- Will you join me?
4- Grantees only
5- Renewing vows
6- Fearing absolutes
7- We can thrive
8- Learning new ways
9- A common path
10- Have the courage to cry
11- Your prayers
12- Gratitude
13- Where are you now?
14- Then poetry will save me