(CYCLE : STIGMA OF OUR SOULS )
You who walk constantly and persistently
Trough forest, thickest fields, steppes
You carry son on back suspenders
You walk persistenly, stubbornly
Fixed all time from east to west
You walk at dust, at dawn,at night
It’s dangerous during the days
From backbreaking work and hunger
Your wife died in camp for deportes
She asked take our son, run away
To escape hence from death certain
You looking for berries, mushrooms
Break up roadside plum, pears, apples
Ears of grain from fields, vegetables
You try to milk from grazing goats, cows
You steal eggs once from chicken coops
You’re not allowed to light a fire
But an earth stove you can dig
You cook soups, water, it’s warm
You teach son first words, to walk
When boy fals asleep in your arms
You looking wife in sky full stars
And remembered her sweet voice
Sometimes a fox, wolf come close
No one can see your tears
Only night’s insects feelt its
From disease protect you angels
After much kilometers, weeks
You hear joyful homely speach
Sometimes good someone gives
A lift in cart, a car or train
To count your son you teach
Return to your city you not can
Is very dangerous occupant
You have still to hide again
With son you move on to way
Your son will be brave, smart one day
Altough not enough memory this time
But after all part of you is it inside
Like you your son is steadfast knight
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Already you are a man very old
But you have still the soul of boy
He’s looking from your eyes blue
You hide him it inside although
You don’t want this boy to remember
You help many people as lawyer
You still so try to smile, to be nice
Always beatiful, elegant, polite
You’re good, honest and smart
Don’t have a time family to start
Bad people, unworthy women
Abuse your attention too often
You don’t want to remember this boy
To chosen the nation he belonged
A nation for centuries prescetuden
Christ from this nation yet also was
This boy had to hide many times
With his dear slightly older sister
Constantly change hiding places
And then very frosty winter was
Chased on the December night
Now the kids ran holding hands
Across the snow so siblings ran
Suddenly let go of their hands
The footprints of sister pronounced
Enemy ran, grabbed her, shot her
Unter the ice into dith hide her brother
And that’s the whole night you spent
Merciful God saved you then from sickness
But you at all can’t never forgive yourself
That you together with poor sister
Under the ice then didn’t hide…
Stop worrying, sister ‘s soul says
Yet we will meet soon again
So secretly you’re singing to her
Your children’s beloved melodies
( November 1, 2024 )
