Arrived in Rome in October.
It took three days to venture out.
Discovered the first little green space
Along the road by the Termini.
The desire to connect
With a green space kept growing.
Happy spot was found
On the fourth day
In Villa Borghese Gardens.
The private property of a Cardinal
Of the Seventeenth century
Became property of the state
Let open for all to walk and rest.
The ornamentation and the valuables
An act by Napoleon in his reign,
Acquired this property, sold to him,
The green space, the trees carrying history
The beautiful air continues.
Walking on its pathway, sitting
On its benches, looking up to the skies,
Watching the passersby with kids
In the arms of their moms,
Doing the daily workout.
Tourist Mandarins with Google Maps in hand.
The sense of relaxation, calm and play
In connecting with nature, verdant green
The energy of the place, shipping through you.
On the second day of the walk into the garden,
Landed at the Roman Film Festival.
Earlier, on the first day, I walked
Into a library for a book shop
Having an event for the children of the world,
The weekend is indeed a time of rest.
No work, only those on special duty
Like someone scrubbing and washing
Cleaning it to perfection.
Kept to the room, slept and rested,
checked on the site of the workspace
connected with friends and nested.
New world of pen space.
Beginning all over again
With a new language.
It is taking somewhere for sure,
Hopeful of reaching there.