4731 - Alone at the blackboard

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Angeliki Papadopoulou

He was not sure
what he should do
he didn’t want
to disappoint the Master.
So, he tried
to concentrate not to make a mistake.
He wrote about Évariste.
He hadn’t forgotten him
because he knew
what pain means.
He didn’t show to them
that he was sad
because they were indifferent.
He had to remain vile
in front of the miserable
without kneeling.
He didn’t talk about Friedrich
so that they won’t learn the Master’s secret.
He knew about Abel
and finally realized
«what doesn’t kill you
makes you stronger».