POETRY BY ALEXIS KARPOUZOS

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 * 1) LISTEN

Listen, if stars are still lit it means there is someone who needs them.

It means someone wants to love,

Why then do we feel so much pain and heaviness of heart?

are we waiting for something, regretting anything?

To whom I can stretchy out my hand in the somber desert ?

Who will accompany me on the empty night?

Who will give me a fiery day?

Who will bring back the sea that left?

No hope here. Torment is certain.

Without sacredness in the emptiness of this world of ours,

the heart of man fades like a flower.

Suddenly, the shuddering of the heavens penetrating my soul,

Oh never let the parting sun, no star is ever lost we once have seen.

The long rains will continue to fall.

2. THE GREAT WELCOME

This morning i walked the road of awe.

I met frustrated gods and angels sad.

The people had abandoned them

and the magic had tumbled.

Now, the people are orphans,

wanderers across the night,

frightened meteors looking for the source.

'' Where to look for it?’’

‘’Don’t look away. The sanctuary manifested

in the bird that wakes the sun

in the morning with its song,

in the raindrop that narrates

the sorrows of the sky,

in the air that whispers secrets in the trees,

in the arrival of sparrows ''.

Sanctuary, the Great Welcome.

3. THE HIDDEN LAW

I come from the depths of infinity

and from all directions of space-time.

I traveled through dark tunnels, went through solar storms.

I went straight, circled, parallel, rotated as a spiral.

Cosmic clouds trapped me and escaped from them.

Avoided collisions with meteorites.

I was helped by exotic particles,

neutron stars and the love of gravity.

Every leaf, every flower, every mountain and lake,

every cloud and every star and every atom recognize me and greet me.

I feel that i have live for million lifetimes.

Who am I ? What is my purpose?

Last night i sent a question into universe, asking ”who am i or am i not?

The universe responded immediately:

”You asked me the same thing billions of years ago.

And then and now i answer:

You’re the smile of no birth and no death,

The Hidden Law!

4. I MET A WORD

Last night, in my dream,

while i wandering in the wild lands

and crossing silent shadows,

i met a word and ask: ‘’What’s your name?

‘’My name is love and i’m alone in life,

i need you, otherwise will be lost the dream’’.

I answered: ‘’We need you too,

but we are in pain and scared and don’t admit it.

Please, lend me your glowing eyes’’.

‘’No, no need, you’re in the embrace of light,

but you’ve forgotten it’’.

5. IS OUR FATE

i know that i shall meet my shadow,

one day, is our fate. I know that, someday,

the light ends for us and the deadly gravity

will absorb us. And again, a magician spark

will shine and a ocean of souls

will flood the universe and will

give birth to stars and grief.

And maybe, just maybe, in another heaven,

my dreams will be your dreams.

You see, everything repeats itself

and everything will be reincarnated in different forms.

An incredible miracle, carefree, and we live in it.

The miracle is folded into your heart.