The Naked Doll
written by: Irma Kurti
It doesn’t seem true: in a few days
I’ll have the keys to my apartment.
As fragmented echoes, the memories
do not leave me alone for a second.
My childhood dream was to have a nice
and lovely house wake me up,
with a large room for all my toys
and windows caressed by the sun.
But I did not even have the toys
except for a very little and naked doll,
whom I dressed only in my dreams,
scared in bed it slept with me.
Over the passing of months, years,
the yen approached, then vanished;
it took refuge in my lines and hair,
like this, we both grew old together.
My childhood – that naked doll,
I’ve placed in the corner of a suitcase,
I’ll bring it with me to the new house
covered … with love and affection.
Irma Kurti is an Albanian poetess, writer, lyricist, journalist, and translator. She has won numerous literary prizes and awards in Italy and abroad. She has published 29 books in Albanian, 25 in Italian and 15 in English. She is also the translator of 20 books of different authors and of all her books in Italian and English. Her books have been translated and published in 16 countries.
Latest posts by Irma Kurti (see all)
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