22943 - Amidst the cannon fire

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Panayiotis Diamadis

Amidst the cannon fire
was heard the voice
of the opera
as if the sound
could defeat
even the noise
but the rhythm
was different
as well as the time
so no one
knew
truly
about the machine-guns’
horror
which were waiting
for innocence.