Ποιειν Και Πραττειν - create and do

Dimitrios Zacharakis

WEAVINGS

 

Presence is never tangible,

total absence is inconceivable.

The twin existence of spirit

produces a necessary faith.

When it recedes, three doors

always stay open, misleading.

Games, the happiness of knowledge.

Prostitution, the knowledge of love.

Drinking, the immoderate desire for bliss.

No matter how deeply you go in,

they offer a shallow reassurance

winding around you. You better

wish not to be surrounded.

Poetry, Solace and Passion,

sizeable figures defined

uneasily,

create the natural openings

as they pervade all that is conceivable,

weaving the innumerable

folds of veils.

 

 

 

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