Wednesday 13 June 2018

'WALLS' BY C. CAVAFY

Walls

Without thought, without pity, without shame
They built around me tall, forbidding walls.

And as I sit here now, in hopelessness,
I think of nothing else, my mind corroded by this misfortune;

Because I had so much to do outside the walls.
How careless I must have been, not to have seen them building walls…

And yet I never heard the sound of builders, or of construction.
They isolated me from the world around me quite imperceptibly.

Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933)

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,

7 comments:

  1. Dramatic poetry and wonderful wall shot for W

    Happy Midweek to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  2. not that fond of them..they block to much
    but nevertheless a good choice for this weeks letter

    Have a splendid, ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / -week
    ♫ M e l ☺ d y ♪ (ABC-W-team)
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  3. Lots of interest in this image!
    Thanks for linking up at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2018/06/an-unusual-sighting.html

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  4. There is that. It could also be freedom of not being within the walls.

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  5. Great poem and image. Love the shadow. Have a happy day!

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