Saturday, March 1, 2025

CHRISTOS DIKBASANIS

 



The Salvation


I will leave my heart

to be seduced by the sirens of dreams,

from my longing for a homeland

which was never given to me

My desires were forgotten tied to the mast

of bitterness and unfulfilled

I am a beggar of calm days of

love and understanding,

of the one bound by bonds of compassion

and global tolerance

But I haven't slept after my beloved's last kiss

which is now in the box of timeless time

I am wide awake waiting to transform

in a butterfly her soul,

to lift me up on her wings,

to take me beyond the pain and the armed conflicts

that weigh like stones on my fingers,

to be seduced by the shadow of myself

in the blinding light of new undead worlds

at the edge of infinity,

to deliver me from my earthly passions,

to purify me by baptizing me

in the holy water of eternal peace


The Memory


The memory of peace’s days is sleepless tonight

It’s a eerie, unscathed, undefined creature 

who does not say to sleep in the layer of oblivion

He knows very well to paint with hope

the canvas of my life,

to fill with sobs my few moments of peace,

to assemble even temporarily

my fragmented existence


The memory of times

of love, understanding, tolerance is vigilant

How it alienates me from the hours of pain and death!

How quickly it fills me up

with words and silences of peace and prosperity

that I lose them during of my broken days!

How it frees me from guilt and bitter regrets!

How much it unites me

with the familiar, the gentle, the hopeful face

of unity and solidarity!

He always offers me purification and forgiveness

for my inhuman thoughts and actions

But I am a perishable body, a finite mind,

a lover of justice and truth

which, however, cannot escape

from the wars of his passions


The Silence Of Chaos


The sky is silent

and the space is a voiceless wound

I travel through the transparency of infinity

The silence of the Universe whispers sweetly

in my strange dreams

The space-time in ecstatic peace

he consorts with my eager desires

I look like a fire arrow

within the sparkling body

of my interstellar vehicle

Death cannot touch me

I travel through immortality

of my chaotic loneliness

I feel like a grain of sand 

of her indestructible harmony

I bow my head and worship the infinite

of a new heavenly life


The Separation


I can't stand the loneliness and the silence anymore

How I left aimlessly and thoughtlessly

from myself?

Only a voiceless whisper was left to him

like a thorn in my heart

a silence taken from the mouth of our farewell

Now worm I crawl in the soil of his absence,

waiting for his shadow

to recycle my soul

My life is creaking like a broken house

shortly before its transformation into a ruin

The Sun dies down

behind the worn permanently

fence of my meaningless days

Death in front of me 

paints with black colour my hours

The tears of my lost dreams

they keep me awake and upset

On the grass and stones of my withered garden 

snakes and bats coexist

carried by the wind of loss and unspeakable pain


CHRISTOS DIKBASANIS

                                                        

CHRISTOS DIKBASANIS is a poet, writer and scholar of religions. He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he graduated from the Theological School of the Aristotle University. He holds a Master's Degree from the Theological School with a specialization in Religious Studies. It has been included in the "Great Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature" of Haris Patsi publications and in the “Who's Who” of journalists. He has been honored with many national and international awards for his poems.


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