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Οι εξισώσεις, October 2012, The equations

The stars of the sea

She went towards the edge,

she looked over here, she searched over there,

she saw all the names on the boats

and the waves in people,

she looked up in the sky and these did not lit up

She flew towards the cliff,

she palpated all that she found over here and

and all that she discovered over there,

she touched all the meanings and the thorns

and the steps in the marsh

Only when she was ready to go

she saw their bright reflections

and she realized which ones were her own

real stars

August 2012, Οι εξισώσεις, The equations

Women

Masculine soul

in a woman’s body

And aggressive “No”

meaning

Surrendering “Yes”

Strong “I am starting all over again’

hiding

helpless “I am dying”

And all my ropes

still looking for these roots

From generation to generation

Pride was all what these women did

All that

the undervalued  women achieved

With the hoarse voice

and the loose trousers

sweetly torturing the body

With its memories

And the small breast

within its unsatisfying refuge

feeding with no mercy

Whoever homeless

is in need

of

Maternal masculine

Protection

Οι εξισώσεις, July 2012, The equations

Wisdom

My barmy spear fell heavily

In Thames’ arms

And your bygone wisdom

Could not catch it

Sunday visitors found it in the bottom

They collected it like a touristic souvenir

Of Wisdom

Better these innocent strangers

that dared to capture my truth

Than my everlasting knowing ones

that could not vow me a lie

I won’t be looking for familiar shores

for my meaningful yesterdays

I will only torture the estuaries

of the infinite today

Purely

Like Wisdom

Οι εξισώσεις, July 2010, The equations

Behind the light

Not the one that you think of.

The other one, behind the light.

Behind the broken nerves and the cracks on the walls

Behind all the dramas.

It’s not that one.

It’s the other one; the irrational one.

The “again it’s here”, “it’s talking, listen to it”

“It’s in pain”

And it does not let you stay

It only converts you and transforms you

And blows you away

I only wanted you to see the good A from “I Am”

To hold it tight in your hands

And your meninges and your greys

I wanted you to believe

And for this to remain

I wanted you not to know,

not to depend on,

not to change

Not to need to,

not to defend against

Not to grip from the “U” of “Us”

Not to negate,

not to wither

Not to squeeze your fists.

Not the one that I show

The other one;

the tough one,

the aggressive one,

the crybaby one,

The intelligent one,

the seductive one,

the immature one

The hysterical one.

No, never your shadow.

Only the ray on your wrinkles

And the wrinkle in your dreams.

If you dare.