POEM BY KATERINA GOGOU
TIME WILL COME
Time will come when things will change
remember this, Maria
you remember that game during the school recess
when we run holding the baton
—don’t look at me — don’t cry. You are the hope
listen, time will come
when children will select their parents
they won’t be born at random
there won’t be any closed doors
with stooping people outside
and we shall choose our work
we won’t be horses they look at our teeth
people — think of it — will talk in colors
others in musical notes
just save in a big jar with water
words and concepts such as
unadjusted, oppression, loneliness, price, gain, humiliation
for the history lesson
times are tough — I don’t want to lie — Maria
and more tough days will come
I don’t know — don’t expect too much from me —
this is what I’ve lived, this I’ve learned, this I’ve said
and from all I read I keep just one:
it only matters to remain a human being
despite all this, Maria,
we’ll change life.
Manolis 