Yannis Ritsos – Poems, Volume I

Sea sea
in our minds in our souls in our veins the sea
We saw ships bringing mythic lands
here in the blond sand
where the evening wayfarers slow down
We dressed our childish loves
with wet seaweeds
We offered to the seashore gods
lustrous shells and pebbles
Morning colors melted in water
dusk fires on the gulls’ shoulders
masts showing the immensity
open thresholds in the step of night
and over the stone’s sleep
sea songs hover
illuminated unappeased
entering through small windows
designing gardens flashes and dreams
on the steamed windowpanes and in sleeping brows
Rhythm agony and vigil
There on the naked rocks
we the homeless barefoot children
saw Beauty
walking barefoot in the sea
we heard her voice
shivering with the azure echoes
with the phosphorescence of stars
seeding golden stories
in the green sea floor
Venerable heart
unsuspecting childish heart
who never refuses

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