Η εθνική μας συνείδηση δεν αναπαύεται με ξενόγλωσσες δημοσιεύσεις. Ωστόσο, εδώ κι εκεί, μπορεί και να κάνουμε μιαν εξαίρεση.
Είναι λαμπρό. Είναι εμπνευσμένο.
Σωστά λοιπόν λένε πως στη λογοτεχνία η ειλικρίνεια είναι πηγή πρωτοτυπίας. Κι αυτό το ποίημα στραφταλίζει τόσο λαμπρά επειδή είναι ειλικρινές.
15 Νοε 2020
Our ethnic conciousness finds no comfort in other languages. Nevertheless, from time to time we may make an exception
It's brilliant. It's inspired.
Rightly they say that in literature honesty is a source of originality. And this poem is so brilliantly sparking because it is honest.
Angela AGUIRRE
Ten failed poems
One
I fear that my legacy will be an unfinished poem
Like the ones that fill my notebook
I do not want to look back at my live and see
That it could have been so much more
Than it turned out to be
Two
My life is a series of almosts
I fear that i will never know greatness
That i will not be able to stay around long enough
To even become good enough to be great at anything
Three
I often feel like I do not belong
Like a concert in a library
A red dress at a funeral
I am a magnet for wide eyed looks
People will not always tell you when your different is showing but
their eyes will
Brows raised in confusion
It is more polite to say "You are one of a kind"
Than to try understanding why
They will say you are unique
Claim variety is the spice of life
Laughed at often and dismiss the moment because
It feels too much like a turtleneck in the summertime
These compliments will always feel
more like insults
Four
I am in a perpetual state of barely getting by
Of trying to catch up
Ironic that someone so fullspeed ahead can so easely get left behind
Five
When people tell me I am amazing
I do not believe them
I smile and give thanks and hope not to be discoverd
I am a fraud
If only they knew that my accomplishments
feel a lot more like accidents
As if the universe sometimes makes mistakes in my favor like
a glitch in the solar system, a data error
Someone somewhere must have spelled my name wrong
I hope no-one notices
Six
The best of intentions with the worst execution
I am what happens when a brilliant idea meets a terrible mistake
Seven
My life must look a lot like the fourth of july
Upon arrival I light the sky bright loud and temporary
I am a beautifull explosion but
only for a moment
A shortlived spectacle
A pyrotechnic poet
I have always wished I were more fireplace
than firework
Eight
I have a love-hate relationship with the pillbottle
I am now at 60mg of Adderall a day
When I don't take it I feel useless
But when I do the dry mouth plagues me
And I am less myself
But I guess that is a good thing
People say they see the difference
That I am more pleasant and agreable
Sometimes I wonder if I am medicated
to make everyone else's live easier
Nine
I wish my life were easier
Wish I wasn't such a problem
Such a series of unfortunate events
There are only so many apologies you get
until "I'm sorry" is no longer enough
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Έγινα τόσων χρονών για να συνειδητοποιήσω πως όλα αυτά δεν είναι παρά χαρακτηριστικά /αυτού στην εξουσία του οποίου είναι ο άνθρωπος/.
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