Printemps des poètes - Day 4
WAYS OF FREEDOM
The earth shook
The houses collapsed
On sleeping children
The borders did not move
Under the angry flames
Someone forgot
To mark the names
Of those who left
The swell has spread
On the orange waistcoats
Which rather than save lives
Filled with water
The wind blew
Without the gaunt mountains
Did not stand as a bulwark
To safety
The sky wept
Over these grains of sand
Our sisters and brothers on their way
Towards a better tomorrow
Nor the dull walls that came out of nowhere
Nor the solidly anchored barbed wire
Nor the greedy waves
Nor perfectly trained dogs
Will ever erase
The ways of freedom
Tatiana Termacic
March 2023
(Original language: french)