8169 - Pages of leather
N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Angeliki Papadopoulou, Evi Charitidou
Pages of leather
I’m reading for centuries
for you, not to forget
the Knights’
accomplishments
who did not stop
resisting
against barbarity.
And now that you see
only pages of paper
you’re wondering again
for how long
humans
will remember
their sacrifices
and their passions.