Esmeralda Bregaj (Zace) - I KISSED THE TEARS
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I KISSED THE TEARS
I threw some tears into the sea.
The sea sank and he could not raise his head!
I packed them beautifully like tears
of joy with a ribbon tape
and sturgeon flowers.
The sea cried
and criticized me
like a parent to his son.
Why did the tear go away!!!
Can I catch it?!
I demand and ran without fear
like the rabbit
in the desert that seeks life
and holy water.
The tears didn't asked permission,
even to me even to the heart
even to the sea even to the pain!
Without invitation
the waves approached me.
Opening their wings
Feeling my heart Swaddling me ..
like a baby to its mother.
The sea like a King touched
his forehead
and drew love out of his chest,
the commodity of happiness.
Strangely enough,
it was enough to make
me became a child again.
I collected the tears
like raindrops feeling
the taste of Joy!!
Esmeralda Bregaj (Zace), born in Vlore (Albania) in 1979, grew up in Italy and lives in the United States. Graduated in Business Management in 2001, in Albania, she obtained a second degree in Marketing and Business Management in 2008, in Italy. She is coordinator and administrative employee in the ELL program of elementary schools and middle schools in the district of Boise (Idaho, United States). She is a very happy mother of two beautiful children. She has been writing since the age of 9, when she won her first school literary competition with a poem. At 17 she arrived at the National Literary Competition in Albania and in 2010 she won the Ibiskos National Award, Italy, publishing her first poetry collection in the “Myositis” series, entitled "The war of thoughts".
In 2013 she was included in the series of "Contemporary Poets" books directed by the poet Elio Pecora, Italy as the result of another National Literary Competition. In 2017 she won the "Dear love I write to you" competition, organized by Ibiskos Editrice Risolo, Italy, becoming part of the homonymous anthology of poems and short stories. In 2022 she published, "Un Anno di Noi" ("A Year of Us") in Italian.
In 2023 the same book was translated and published in Albanian. It was introduced by one of Albania's premier author/editors and received rave reviews by no less than 11 fellow authors. It was covered in newspapers and public television. It is currently being translated into English and is expected to be out in early 2024.
Prepared Angela Kosta Academic writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, translator, journalist
