When we say Byzantium
don’t always think
that we are referring
solely
to the Empire
of the past
because we carry on
the words of the Old Man
and not simply those of some Elder
who is clearly making reference to
the City
during a time when absolutely
no one believed
that something could happen
with the motherland,
since she was seen by all
as an occupied territory
while the Old Man of Morea
already saw her
liberated
from barbarity
because he did not tolerate
slavery
for our people.