Ring Soon


I do need to ring soon, for some help, to unwind 
All the things I have kept well inside my own mind.
The only one who can deal me that missing card
Knows too well all the while that for most life is hard.
Too many pieces of the puzzle go missing
In the din of the new economy hissing.
What is it that I think those people have at stake
When they do what they do for all that they can make?
I may be just jealous of all my friends richer
For having a better view of the full picture.
So it is I who have to improve my own sight
Because I do wish for more than just a calm night.

The threshold strains to keep out the cold howling wind
At the eleventh hour as passion's fires rescind.

ROMA, 10 11 2008