Enkelejda Pashaj Murataj, ALBANIA

IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR

I'm not afraid to see the wrinkles of the time

not once ...

nor now ...

I was colliding between the waves

... and today, ... a portrait of eclipsed blue crystal.

Flowers,

I took the most beautiful lighthouse

Swallows,

I never broke the nest

the rod for your old age

... and the handkerchief for tears of children in the world.

An overview to see every day in the eye,

for the streets and traces of lost stars

for the remaining mortal pain there,

for life …,

and the peace of crossroads people. 

TO FEEL

Lay my head

on mother's shoulder

to feel the weight of life.

Lay my head

to the mother's heart

to feel the rhythm of life.

Lay my head

on mother's lap

the odor of life to feel

I kiss her on forehead

to feel the spirit of life.

BATTLE WON

(Dedicated to all those women who face and win the battle with cancer)

Powerful,

the invincible demon of my body.

War

always life-destroying, confusion.

Black spider

of scary nets pain

.. and sorrows groan.

Open challenge,

of our days.

and tomorrow awakening.

Tough,

the last wound of my soul.

Wanted

for me,

for us,

a name more in death statistics,

...but,

beautiful life triumphs over death!

Enkelejda Pashaj Murataj from Durrës, Albania, has had the honour of her Albanian poems with English translations featured in the unique international multilingual poetry anthology Amaravati Poetic Prism 2017-2018. She has a poetry collection ‘In Front of Mirror’ to her credit. Her poems have been published in different Anthologies in Albania, Kosova, Ulqin etc, besides several newspapers in Albania. She is a winner of the third prize from Union of Europian Arts for her essay: ‘War and Peace’. Books Enkelejda says that books are her best friends.

She believes that her job as a laboratory technician enables her to understand how difficult but beautiful life is! She often writes poems on love, nature, life etc. Her poetry collection has been showcased at book fairs.

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Women, Power & Creativity :: Setu, March 2019