Panos Kazantzis
ISLANDS
The serpent folds into a ball
Beneath the beach trees' sweet embrace
The mother holds tight her son
Across the sun's gentle fall
The candle gathers around all the moths
With it's flame tender sway
The lovers tonight sleep alone
Absence that struggulates all
Far in the core of the world
Deep into existence
You gonna die
Before you can finally know
We are not made this way
Pay attention
Never ending illusion
Under the burden of experiencing with conscience the world
Shout your name alone in empty space
Is there someone there with you?
Try again
What about now?
Hold your breath
See if you can decide to die
Is there really anything you can decide on your own?
You child
There is no reason to create
Only instinct
Were you hoping for something more?
Pay attention
Every new island sets me free from them that I left behind
This makes me forget them forever
Yet I love them now even more
Incapable to recreate their exact image
I can only sense their soul
Within the death of memory
I find love
Here and now
Individual togetherness
Pay attention
Every mind its own spectator
Of its own creation
Pay attention
No piece of creation, human or art, poses any meaningful question
Neither ethical nor aesthetic
Here and now
Pay attention
Disdain from trying to understand or judge
Pay attention
Only touch with caution and with love
Pay attention
Here and now
A circle with its center everywhere
And its circumference nowhere
Pay attention
The ship Argo never left port
The golden leece was already at a hand's reach
Here and now
Pay attention
Afloat in the silver sea
A single splash in the dead still sea
Here and now
Pay attention
A fallen star
A gruesome meat
Here and now
Pay attention
A pointy rock
A deep cut throat
Here and now

© Panos Kazantzis