Celia Petry

Los Angeles, California, USA

Celia Petry was born in Erechim, Rio grande do Sul, Brazil. She has been writing poetry since she was in High School, and several of them were published in newspapers. Her husband Carlos Alberto and her three children - Camile, Carine, and Carlos Gustavo - are her trustworthy friends. She says: "They understand my feelings. I always speak about restless changes and I make them. It's being willing to change that leads you to a satisfying life. No fear about changes. No fear about farewells."


Farewell Song

About meetings and farewells
I know.
About travels and foreign lands
I saw.
Life and time.
Wind and mind.
Wave and sand.
Storm and rain.
To seek a rest
It sounds a lie.
To look for peace
It means to die.
Come along with me, look at the sky
I don't see borders in the world.
Farewell is beginning if you hold.
A good adventurer doesn't cry.
Farewells are beginnings you will see
Farewells are beginnings
Believe
Believe
Believe me!

Liberty

A house without walls
No windows
No doors
No grids
No locks
Only my feet on the floor.
A huge endless space
No furniture inside
No limits
No rules
- My mind.

Santa Monica Sands

All my love
To the people
Who pass by.
Hearts beating
Any way
Any weather
Any time.
Barefoot tourists - walkers
Between the ocean and the sky.
I'm sure
I won't see them twice
So I say in my silence:
"Welcome!"
And one second later:
"Good bye!"

All poems Copyright © 1997 Celia Petry. All rights reserved.