LOVE  85
 
 
YEARNING 
 
 
All along 
I think in you... 
And when i tried to kill 
the thought 
I could never find the guts. 
No matter how hard i tried, 
I could't take you away 
From my mind. 
 
I want to see you 
Until my eyes go blind, 
Iwant to hold you 
Until my arms fall off, 
 
I want to be 
Under your skin, 
I want to be 
Into your cells, 
 
I want to warm 
Your frozen skin, 
I want to warm 
your frozen heart... 
 
I'll swallow poison 
If you once 
Tear me apart from you, 
'cause my love is blind 
and my heart is open wide... 
 
for you. 
 
by : Alexander Joseph Jackson 
from : Mexico 
 
 
 
 
MY SUN 
 
 
Here comes the lady 
with the curly hair... 
 
Something in their eyes 
reflect her pain, 
 
If she let speak her mind, 
perhaps we share the wine. 
We are alike 
But she keep me apart, 
 
Since I met her 
My life  changed 
And I never gonna be the same, 
Here we are in the same line... 
Holding our tide hands. 
 
We hurt each other, 
We kick each other, 
But no matter what 
We love each other. 
 
 by : Alexander Joseph Jackson
from : Mexico 
 
 
 
 
 
PRIMO LUGLIO 1916 *  
 
Primo Luglio, 
Primo Luglio. 
Primo Luglio,  
Primo Luglio. 
  
Primo Luglio. 
  
Primo, come il bacio che mi hai dato 
quando il treno chiamava, 
nei ricordi sento l’eco 
e rivedo il tuo viso, innocente,  
con negli occhi il colore del mare, 
della Francia… 
 
calmo e silenzioso, che accoglieva  
una nave straniera, 
mentre il cielo all’orizzonte 
si tingeva di rosso : 
rosso sangue, 
era un triste presagio del… 
  
Primo Luglio, 
alba e tenebra; 
Primo Luglio, 
forse l’ultimo. 
Le mie mani sono gelide, 
mentre prego batte il cuore che è… 
  
caldo come il sole che ora spunta  
dietro il filo spinato. 
Urla il cielo, 
geme il suolo 
quando viene squarciato; 
poi il silenzio: 
sta affilando la falce il mio… 
  
Primo Luglio, 
alba e tenebra; 
Primo Luglio, 
forse l’ultimo. 
Questo zaino è troppo carico… 
chiudo gli occhi e sento il cuore che… 
 
 
batte sulla pelle del tamburo 
che mi chiama al destino. 
Sette e trenta : 
"Tutti fuori!". 
Solo un balzo oltre il ciglio; 
sto correndo 
e già cala la falce del… 
  
Primo Luglio, 
alba e tenebra; 
Primo Luglio, 
forse l’ultimo. 
Questo zaino è troppo carico… 
Primo Luglio 
fammi vivere.
 
 
by : Michele Collatina
 
 
 
THE FIRST OF JULY 1916 *  
  
 
First of July, 
first of July. 
First of July, 
first of July. 
  
First of July. 
  
First, like the kiss you gave me 
when the train was calling, 
I still remember its echo 
and can see your face again, innocent,  
in your eyes the color of the sea, 
of France… 
  
calm and silent, that harboured  
a foreign ship, 
while the skyline 
became red : 
blood red, 
it was the sad presage of… 
  
The first of July, 
dawn and darkness; 
The first of July, 
perhaps the last one. 
My hands are frozen, 
while I pray beats my heart which is… 
  
warm like the sun that now arises  
behind the barbed wire. 
Cries the sky, 
moans the earth 
when it is lacerated; 
then comes the silence: 
it is sharpening the scythe my… 
 
First of July, 
dawn and darkness; 
The first of July, 
perhaps the last one. 
This knapsack is too heavy… 
I close my eyes and feel my heart that… 
beats on the skin of the drum 
thet calls me to my fate. 
At seven thirty: 
"Everybody out!". 
Just a jump beyond the edge; 
I’m running 
and immediatly drops the scythe of… 
  
 
the first of July, 
dawn and darkness; 
The first of July, 
perhaps the last one. 
This knapsack is too heavy… 
First of July: 
let me live…
 
by : Michele Collatina
 
 
 
 
I want to hold your hand 
I want to walk with you along the long,winding paths of life… 
I want to be there with you when you need me in the darkness of misery, 
in the bitterness of heartbreak,
in the emptiness of  a loss,… 
I want to look at you and smile 
when you are overwhelmed  in the sweetness of victory,
when you feel happy after you realise
for the first time that the world IS  glorious,….. 
I want to support you when the unexpected 
happens in your life,
and you are looking for a shoulder to lean on…. 
I want to assure you that there are solutions to all problems 
when you are saddened about the fact 
that nothing is going right in your life… 
I want to sit by you and  suggest and advice  you 
when you  need to make a decision… 
I want to be the one to tell you that life IS indeed strange 
when you feel perplexed thinking 
about why things happen as they happen… 
I want to stand by you 
when you look at the stars on a lonely night 
and wish there was someone 
who would share the breathtaking beauty of Nature with you… 
I want to sit by you when you are lonely,
and  wanting a person just to share 
the loveliness of solitude  with you… 
I want to tell you that in a world 
where everything seems corrupted,
and everyone seems devoid of the fine inner sentiments,
mine is a heart which cares,which really cares… 
I want my eyes to remind you always 
that everything is not as meaningless
and that all efforts are not in vain,as they seem to be… 
I want to listen when you want to talk…. 
I want to do the talking when you feel like listening to someone… 
Forever and ever,I want to hold your hand….…. 
 
 
dedicated to my first only love,Viks(who,however is not in my life anymore) 
 
by : Everly 
 
I gave my heart
For you to take it
For you to own it
I know - in vain -
 
You do not know
It is my soul
That shooting star
Down the sky blue.
 
by : Diego Ruggeri