Iolanda beautiful bella
Iolanda I am named after Yolanda
Princess Savoy Italian princess
my patron saint the only saint
of two countries Poland and Hungary
When italian princesses were being
banned from Italian soil my brown my
great grandfather my great great
grandmother was banned
from Italian soil all male heirs
brothers cousin they arrived in
Ellis Island from Rome they were
all Masons stone builders finally
reconnecting with my beautiful great
Irish Italian grand mother concieved
my Nonna and concealed mi Nonna
shortly afterwards her Irish Italian
mother was killed when she
was only two all the women were
being banned from Rome sadness
my nonna was taken raised with Irish
Italian family where my journey began
mi Nonna finds my Pop Cherokee
African American born with the
birth of my father 1942 resulting
in the birth of me surrounded by
arch bishops priest in Chicago beautiful
Brown Iolanda was born at home
imagine during a blizzard while Charlie
Parker was playing Sam Cook my
dad sang I love you I love you
i love you my skin the color of
hot chocolate my Nonna was
filled with glee I'm to to witness
the birth of italia real brown Italian
on American soil she called me
Cocoa given me the name Iolanda
after her heritage in Rome the male
heirs suffered more the women even
girls banned from italy by mussolini
these Italian men were very brown
in color shunned however after
my dad's birth 1942 my grandfather
set sail to Rome fighting in WW11
liberating Rome protecting the
priest arch bishops the royal Italian
women had tradgic ends held in
German concentration camps by hitler
for not killing jews my Nonna family
this beautiful story is the story of
me brown Iolanda of Rome who
would believe this hidden treasure
would bestow me through heritage
courage blended heritage Italian
liberation of Rome today my fruitful
heart have my own rainbow tribe
of beautiful granddaughters italia
Iolanda Yolanda Cocoa Sophia Zion
Nona and Grace MY Original Italian
Princess bloodline of true Bellas of
Rome I am quite sure this led to the
American mafia threats the hidden
scores hits on my life since the
day I was born I shared the photo
of my Pop on the right side of
Angelo Guisseppi St. John XXIII and
a very young Ratzinger Arch Bishop
of Munich whom i met chaplians office
during my tour of Germany Pope Benedict
whom along with his brother George were
being kelp protected from Hitler 1944
in Rome with the Knights of Columbus
the Abby Arch Bishop most reverend
Cardinal Francis George St Ignatious
and my wonderful god father on
his death bed to pray for his wife
suffering breast cancer as I suffered
a stroke this created envy rage
vengeance shocking mafia organized
threats upon mi this fascinating
journey of Mi italia self Iolanda of Rome
Mi italian heritage inspired me to
create write one of my favorites poems
2003 titled somewhere in Italy the
beauty of me evolved in Rome
Copyright © Yolanda Nicholsen | Year Posted 2024
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