By Niki Doukouri (A Class)
THE SUN
From time to time there are
Shiny stars in a silvery night sky
The moon is in desperate tears and
I do not even know… I never knew…
Why do not they see? Are they blind?
Is it all just in my mind?
From time to time there are
Glorious celebrations at Victory Hall
My shadow is sneaking around the
Cold mausoleum nearby
I am never there, never inside
Is it their fault or mine?
From time to time there are
Evanescent sparks of light in me
Fleeting memories and dreams
Bright days and tender dawns
Then I am taken again hostage by the dark
Are these visions just a life that does not come back?
From time to time there are
Bleak winters without faint winter light
I am abandoned in my hollow nights
I am just a human, I yearn for love
I only wonder, although I will never ask
Will I one day meet the sun?
A WAY TO GO
Dense clouds followed by the
Breath of a dead sky
My solitude is slithering beside me
I am left to walk in the night
It is a long way to go
Through the dark
Once they let me love
The fierce sea, the sharp cliffs above
Now they took them again away
I am left to walk in the night
It is a hard way to go
Through the dark
The wind is whispering old curses
No stars, no compassion and
No compass for me
I am left to walk in the night
It is a long and hard way to go
That leads to the light
DAYDREAMING
The lines of your beautiful hand
The old port, the pier of our city
The sun blinding me in the afternoon
A swallow sitting on some wires this morning
The aspen I can see from your window
Your laughter I heard today
“A sunset of July;
I lay in the waves
Looking at the sky above
I saw you up there, too…”
A flower that bloomed by mistake
The white curtains of that house
The basil of the little garden
The grass, the smell of damp soil
“One afternoon I was walking under the pine trees
Another time I had my eyes closed
I listened to the sea moaning beneath me
It was a night with so many stars…”
The shade of an olive tree in the noon
A seagull that was flying, then left
A melody that in my depths is carved
A verse that flows inside my lips
That dark part of your eyes
Something I remembered and
A tear ran on my face;
A smile was drawn on my face;
I felt something new beating in my heart
