Nikos Engonopoulos – Poems

Belisarius
as the holy empire groaned
under the suffering
when the nation bent under
the attacks of the barbarians
and the whole state kneeled under the endless
enemy strikes
they always seek him
to save the country from the suffering
they hoped for the saving
and salvation of the land
from him
and then?
afterwards
they didn’t know him
thus
during the last years of the `30s period
among
the vague plans of philosophers
who were raging, despite their poor tools
for a possibly better predominance
and the immature, salivating, beggars and thieves
of glory
the young Belisarius started
along with Andreas Embiricos
to create and
to live

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