Nu
I felt nostalgic when I cried one night
for the short laughter of glory
the noise of the day stopped, and
the soft song of the crickets
commenced
keeping me company as I dreamed
about the fiery rays of your glance
and the fragrance of your flesh
that I longed to touch
I made it my goal
to lie next to you and play
in the delirium of your embrace
I felt nostalgic about becoming
one with you
during that hour of the donna di notte
that stirred its beauty the first time
I heard your erotic song and
I said,
the time has come again
for me to taste the fruit
of your enigma, oh, woman with
such attitude and passion
with endlessness in your eyes
into which the shadows vanish
during the noon hour of July
and I said,
The space in the car was
small and lustful, and Eros couldn’t
wait any longer as it flew over
your flesh trapped in your longing
for consummation
two bodies hungry for each other while
the cicadas kept on singing and
dogs rested under the oleanders
I felt nostalgic to see you naked
again, and Fate granted me my wish
for just a short moment
when I eulogized the nipple
of your left breast that
my lips took and painfully bit
your apotheosis was at that moment
woman, when time was annulled and
I learned the lesson that
couldn’t hold me prisoner when lust
transcended all bounds and
made man immortal
Manolis Aligizakis 