Placid River

Placid river



I stand mesmerized

by the placid flow

of your essence.

Your soft murmur

leaps into my heart

slowing the cadence

of my life.

You show me

the constant motion

of all of creation.


And though together

we race through space,

I only feel

a tiny shift of air.

It’s the sweep of time

in which we dance.


My soul glides

into your tune

and you carry me

to faraway shores,

while I stand enthralled,

motionless yet soaring high,

becoming at once

the observer and the observed.

Lost in contemplation

of You, my placid river,

I AM.



Love, Margherita

The Tiber photographed by my son Francesco