57607 - The swords of the monastery

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athina Kehagias

In the starlit night
the horn sounded.
The monks and the nuns
knew that it was
the signal.
There was danger.
The Knight was warning them.
They responded with the bells.
This is what they had agreed upon prior.
An attack had being prepared.
Each and everyone in the monastery
took their posts
that the Knight
had taught them.
They climbed upon the battlements .
They could not see anything yet.
They went to the crenels
with the swords
which he had left for them.
And when they heard the drums of war
they responded with the semantra.
The knight smiled.
They were all ready.
He remained in the forest.
Like the dragons…