The Unwanted One

You were the Unwanted One

A difficult child who became

An Unaccomplished Woman

With a Distant Mother

A quite Vulgar Husband

And an Adopted Daughter

You always leaned on

Your Devoted Brother

Who did his best to replace

Your Late, Regretted Father

He always held his Pain hidden

While You became Ego-ridden

Always needing a stage and a crowd

You spoke and You laughed too loud

An absolute Stranger to Me in Life

When You died You forgot the Knife

Stuck on my Back for What You did

To my Most Beloved and Regretted

But It was a long, long, long time ago

And I don't want to bear grudges anymore

Vera da Pozzo

23rd/24th August 2026

Poem above and photo below by me.

(C) Vera da Pozzo

(C) Italy is Mine

(C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living

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