ZACHAROULA GAITANAKI

ZACHAROULA GAITANAKI

THE GREAT SILENCE

A smile, a word, a voice, a place,
a photograph, a smell, a love
and a story that an old man told me
imprisoned on wings of wind.
When once I look for him again
in that place that I have see him
at the first time,
there was everywhere
a great silence…

SPACE OF DREAMS

The unnecessary found
its place nowadays.
We live the not essential every day.
Contemporary man finds
the only refuge
in the space of dreams.
There, he surrenders in wonderful,
inexpressible things
and ephemeral creations.
Nowadays: DEFEND with dreams.
OPPOSE to baseness.
WORRY for hearts ceased flourishing.

CEASE OF FIRE

Soldiers all over the world
loaded their guns
with April’s wild flowers.
One evening, took their helmets
and threw them in the seas
of the worlds.
And after, they kissed
and hugged like old time friends.
Military camps have closed
their gates for ever.
Out there, children began to play…

A CRACK

Shades that mark the corners

and whatever has remained

don’t become you.

Look up,

give wings in your look

to fly on the uppermost.

Wherever leads you the heart,

in any harbor and arms

anchor and rest.

When you will see a crack,

go there to get

near your dreams.

ZACHAROULA GAITANAKI