Follow your heart

Marina Eugenie di Cervini (2024)

Marina E. di Cervini is a distinguished writer, documentary producer, speaker, lawyer, and coach, with a career spanning over three decades. Her work explores themes of love, identity, resilience, and humanity’s intricate connection to the world, blending timeless storytelling with universal truths. Her debut in the trilogy, FOLLOW YOUR HEART, introduces Françoise de Chambord, a heroine of remarkable depth and courage. Set against a rich tapestry of cultural and emotional landscapes, this luminous tale examines the delicate balance between personal desires and destiny, inviting readers into a journey of profound self-discovery. The journey continues in Marina’s second book, "MY WAY", and concludes with the powerful "THE PRESIDENT’S ADVISER", both of which deepen her exploration of resilience, leadership, and the enduring pursuit of purpose. Marina E. di Cervini’s storytelling is a celebration of the human spirit, offering readers a profound connection to life’s most essential truths.

VINTAGE TEARS RUN DOWN THE WALLS

“There is a solemnity in decay, where time itself breathes heavier than silence, and every crack whispers secrets of the past. In Venice, I found a room that seemed to listen to its own sorrow.”

In the depth of a Venetian night,

Beneath the moon’s uncertain light,

A woman stands where shadows fall,

Her voice caught in an ancient hall.

The walls, adorned with vintage tears,

Bear witness to forgotten years.

Each faded fresco, each fractured stone,

Holds whispers of lives once brightly known.

Beneath the dust of chandeliers,

The room still aches with long-lost fears.

Velvet drapes in tatters cling,

Like ghosts that mourn but cannot sing.

She stands, a figure carved from strength,

Her voice stretched out to its full length.

“Listen,” she cries, “to the echo within,

For silence itself holds where dreams begin.”

A lace gown, crumpled on the floor,

Speaks of nights when love implored,

Yet now, its threads are bare and thin,

A testament to what had been.

Time’s relentless, unyielding tide,

Has robbed this room of all its pride.

The mirror cracks, its gilded frame,

Reflecting only time’s cruel claim.

Yet she, unbowed, unbroken, tall,

Faces the shadows that haunt this hall.

“Do you hear me?” she whispers loud,

“I am not buried beneath the shroud.

These walls may crumble, stone may crack,

But I am here, and I am back.

To speak of love, to speak of fire,

To breathe again, to rise, inspire.”

Her tears do not fall weak or frail,

They run like rivers through the veil.

Of time, of loss, of longing’s weight,

They forge a path, defying fate.

The villa weeps with her refrain,

Its vintage tears no longer vain.

Her voice unites the past with now,

To memories forgotten, she makes her vow.

“Hold my strength in these walls divine,

Let them remember what once was mine.

Not just a shadow, not just a trace,

But the life I lived, the dreams I chased.”

And as her words fill every space,

Venice itself seems to embrace,

The woman who dared to defy the years,

Turning silence to song, and pain to tears.

Vintage tears still run, but now,

They sing of love’s eternal vow.

A room reborn in echoes’ grace,

A timeless woman’s rightful place.