ΤΕΛΟΣ

in the short time of a month
all sort of things have occured
there was rain and cold weather and days of grey
i saw roads of the land and the sky
different people talking almost the same
moments of happiness and worry
good news in bad conditions
dilemmas of different sorts
today for the first time this year
i saw blooming trees




there are some shocking facts
the short time that separates us from the past so dramatically different
it takes the blink of an eye almost
to move through the last century
it takes the life of one man, my grandfather
who was born before Cavafy's death
and lived through the wars
and had me who came a little after the dictatorship
the celebration of the masses
and the end of the generation of the thirties
and i shall live through this complete bankruptcy.