By Vlada Marinković - Vlada Marinković, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3881485
The White City
People have lived here for 6000 years.
At the beginning, women ruled.
The Argonauts sailed through,
or so I’ve heard.
There are passages and dungeons under your feet,
your way out, should you need it.
You will have to face your fear of the dark first,
for there are monsters underneath and labyrinths.
Or so they say.
From time to time, the city burns itself to the ground.
A new city grows, completely changed.
No one quite understands why.
Only the wind is always the same
and the two rivers.
The climate is harsh and the people are meat eaters.
The land is constantly eroded.
Nothing is ever solid and there will be cracks everywhere.
You'll need to learn how to live with that
Powerful!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteOhh. Hard-hitting. So so good.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. A lot is going on here right now, with protests in the streets and the fact that somebody has decided to cut some very old trees in the city centre. I am not into political poetry (yet), so this is my way of dealing with it.
DeleteHello, Nataša. I wonder if you have seen this poem of mine. You may find there is something familiar about it... ;)
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Wow, what a wonderful thing to do, Manja. Thank you so much <3
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