Sunrise
Suddenly it was sunrise
a new day
full of vigor and stamina
all comrades woke staring
at each other, counting bodies
that moved instead of the motionless,
let them be cursed
let them keep away from us;
then the sergeant came
and called our names
it wasn’t strange that we answered
except the dead laid in the ditch
in gray sacks like rotten potatoes
no one dared deal with
and the sun, unerring
overlooking, stood high up
in the horizon like a mother
who counted one by one her children
she hid her eyes from
this unspeakable spectacle
then a moment
of silence was called for
the ones who could no longer breathe
Manolis 