I do not need money.
I need to hear
of words, carefully chosen words, these thoughts
of flowers, roses
of these admissions,
dreams that inhabit the trees,
of dance songs that make the statues,
of stars that murmur at 'ear
lovers ... I need poetry,
this spell that burns the weight of words,
that evokes emotions and those new
Merini Alda (in Little dreams of love. Land of Love)