19008 - When the lion was born

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Angeliki Papadopoulou

When the lion was born
in mother’ s sleep
she was afraid
because she didn’ t know yet
about glory
but when she had recovered
they explained to her
that the dream
had just finished, the vision began
and slowly
the shape changed
and became helmet
of the General of Democracy
that had been recognised
even from the simplest
of the humans
because he was theirs
and not only someone else
because he felt compassion for them
and he fought until the end
for the continuity of the work.