CHRISTOS DIKBASANIS

 

Don't Look Back

Never look back 

on your planet that is being destroyed 

Soon it will dissolve, it will not exist 

and we humans will be blamed for it 

It is better not to see her

to die mortally wounded 

from her own children 

Dive deep without distraction 

in the starry darkness 

Travel, travel 

as far as you can

in the eternal night 

Fix your gaze 

in the farthest reaches of space 

and try to reach it

Look for new dreams in the chaos 

Close the still open wounds 

that the Earth caused you 

Close your ears 

don't listen to the screams 

of your obsolete pursuits 

who cool off in the burning 

surface of your earthly cradle 

Now somewhere else is waiting for you

another, heavenly Paradise

My Language Is Greek

The muses offered me a melodious language,

with notes that lead me to the sandy beaches of dreams

I dance in arms with them

in the green meadows of my desires,

up in the blue skies of world civilization

Fires are lit in my sothikas

verbs, nouns, adjectives

which the Sirens of the Greek language utter

spurred on by the gods' furious loves,

from the six psalms the sweet psalms

Frankincense, bay leaves and laurels I rely on my two hands

Mysterious love escapes my wounded tongue

I understand all the languages of the world

even those I don't know,

because they contain Greek words in their body

A universal creature is my tongue

who cares about the silences of all people

It is a torch of knowledge that lights the sleepers

of all the inhabitants of the Earth

for Peace, Justice, Freedom

Everything I craved on my tongue I found

Science, Philosophy, Imagination, Dialecticism

Even with the angels of God I speak the Greek language,

the womb of my mother Greece,

the cradle of the evergreen Spring and the glorious History

CHRISTOS DIKBASANIS

CHRISTOS DIKBASANIS is a poet, writer and scholar of religions. He was born in Thessaloniki, where he graduated from the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He holds a Master's Degree from the Theological School with a specialization in Religious Studies. It has also 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.