Poem by Kostis Palamas
TWO EYES
The oil of my lamp burnt out
and I keep vigil. What a night!
No star, only a ghost with two
eyes nailed at the edge of my bed
the world has vanished sucked into
the mouth of the dark Abyss
only two eyes exist over the void
two eyes that fill nothingness
only two eyes that lit the darkness
all are asleep, vanish, disappear
only two awaken eyes gaze at me, they don’t
go to sleep: their eyelids will never close
Manolis Aligizakis 