6256 - The solitude of the Caryatid

N. Lygeros
Translation: Paola Vagioni

She was not crying.
She was not speaking.
She was not forgetting.
Imprisoned in a museum
she longed for the homeland
of the sun and the sea.
She has had centuries to see them.
Inside the darkness she was thinking of
Antigone and Helectra
death and vengeance
of dreams
without hope.
She knew about the light.
She knew about the place.
She knew about life.