Bellarosa - Eliza Gilkyson

These are the days of love

My beautiful Bella Rosa

Of a sun filled with warmth

Caressing us all

I remember your sweet breath

And your cinnamon skin

Diving into the blue pool

And rising up to drink the air

These are the days of joy

Of precious moments

Of tables piled high

With bread and watermelon

Everything your heart desires there at your fingertips

Swinging as high as the sky

Singing your lullabies

Before the rain

Before the falling sky

Before the days and nights of tears

Of sirens and fear

Before the death of the dreams

Of our beloved country

And the cries of the children all over the world

But I will remember

This precious day

Your innocent smile stained a watermelon red

Your brown arms reaching up to me

In the light of the sun

I will remember it

Bella Rosa