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THE TREE

Chrysoula Diplari

26 Feb, 2024

THE TREE

In the footsteps of writing

I was born a tree

on the edge of a cliff

falcons were my friends

and wild animals of the mountain.

The sun above me

hit me in the eye

my lonely hope

the alargema of the mind.

I was born a tree

on the edge of a cliff

spread around me

a sea of silence.

Old men beat me

and I was bending my back

and the roots that held me

I was put in jail.

I was born a tree

on the edge of a cliff

I was staring at the past

and I was throwing up bile.

I envied the flying ones

on the heights and on the backs

so I cut my roots

and I became a bird.

I was born a tree, but became a bird.

This poem was set to music by the composer Stavros Pantermalis and released on CD by "Metronomos", along with other songs by the same composer. The title of the cd is "DIVING" and it is the work of the lyrical group "STICHARPASTOI". In this particular song, the vocals are by Sofia Mermigas.

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