Rome

you said, i don't know if we will come back here

so i tossed a penny
backwards into the clear turquoise water and
watched as it sank down to the treasure below

and the sun shined down on the
detailed marble statues,
reflecting off all the
sunken pennies.

We tried ice-cold gelato in
new flavors
(banana and pistachio for me)
and sat on the steps of the marketplace,
watching the merchants
wheeling their carts through the crowd.

At night the fountain glowed with
gold and silver lights, and we
strolled down crooked cobblestoned alleys

fingering rich scarves and smelling the
starlight on the wind

p.s. (i never got to taste true italian pizza, but i
heard it was good.)

(Poetry Friday roundup here.)

* This picture was taken at the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Legend says that if you toss one penny backwards over your left shoulder (with your right hand) into the fountain, you will return back to Italy.