Παρασκευή 27 Μαΐου 2022

Ozymandias

I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

By Percy Bysshe Shelley

Image by Zen pencils

Δευτέρα 16 Μαΐου 2022

Mother

And once again you are one with nature.
You fulfilled your role in this form.
You taught me so much, you gave us all you had to give.
But most of all, you showed me how to be brave, how to endure.
How to support and give, rather than be a burden and take. 
You were the best of the four of us.
I was so lucky to meet you. 
To get YOU out of billions of mothers.
I hope that one day I get to be such a great parent as you were.
This is the only thing I can ask for, 
as I know that I will never be as brave. 
Thank you and I love you.
Until we meet again in another form.
Until we are both stardust under the same sun.