Pilgrimage In Togetherness Poem by Roula Pollard
Pilgrimage In Togetherness
I.
Along oceans I sailed,
along continents for centuries I walked
In search of a voice, in discovery of a soul.
To fight against the darkness of time,
To dilute hate piled up during eons,
To prevent fear from penetrating our cells,
To close the gap of the man-made abyss,
To remove death's wings flying over us,
Masked as nuclear weapons.
Unknown to me then, became beneficent,
Your silence eloquent, eliminating distance of continents
Till your sigh's echo broke the storm of indifference.
I overcame, with inner strength, illness, pain, loneliness
Humanity's strength I learned from You.
Along oceans I sailed,
along continents I walked barefoot,
In search of a voice and soul.
In the springs of courage,
In search of earth and food,
I met myself in You.
II.
Within your justice give me shelter,
See the starvation of my countrymen,
Remind the world of what it knows.
Who protects unprotected orphans,
Helps swollen bodies to soothe their angry wounds?
Yet, a glowing vision grows stronger by the hour.
God walks on our land, stretches above the plains of our hearts
Like a giant protective screen, extending hope to the horizon,
Narrowing the distance between divided hearts,
Killing the disguised demon of poverty,
Exterminating all opposition against His guardian heart.
Unknown to me in the past, one blood with me now
On our journey
Our tongues taste vinegar and honey.
We toil as saliva and tongue for humanity
Until humanity walks the land of Reason and Compassion.
© ROULA POLLARD
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Artwork: 'Desert Breath', © Danae Stratou
Thank you very much, dear Sofia Kioroglou, for your appreciation of Pilgrimage in Togetherness! Best Regards and wishes.
By first reading I was sure that a new great talent was making here her debut.I run to your biography, dear Lady, to see the identity of the new poetess.I was sorry to see that she was not a new one but one I should have heard of.I'll be glad to read the poets of yours, dear Lady.
Dear Mr. Galanis, I do thank you very much for your comments. I am glad we also share the same language, Greek, a language more than 4.000 (?) years old, the same culture, and landscape which has has absorbed the sounds and history of Greece. Best Regards and wishes.
Soulful, the humanism speaks powerfully with elegance and perfection. A cry for unity and humanity a great message for this age of divisions. Congratulations of poem of the day, well deserved. May people learn from this message.
A magnificent work of art that speaks to the heart and soul of mankind. Truly profound. Most deserving of Poem Of The Day. Congratulations, Roula!
The soul's journey and view of life in our modern world.This world of humans hasn't changed for centuries..Good poem.. Congratulations on poet of the day..
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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I sailed, along continents for centuries I walked In search of a voice, in discovery of a soul. I overcame, with inner strength, illness, pain, loneliness Humanity's strength I learned from You. wallking in search of a new world..... we are all searching for it in our heart. we all want a new world without war and hatred. we all seek a land of love.... is it simply a utopia..... or will we ever see a land full of love...... very nice poem. thank you very much. tony