Alicja Kuberska writes

Today on tv

There are ongoing battles on the great chessboard of the world
Mighty figures fight for influence, power and wealth.
They jump very high above others and bluster “checkmate”

Pawns are lost and chessboard fields are more and more empty

Nobody is moved by the fate of the victims.
They are invisible from a distant perspective.

Today I saw nothing new on television
Someone raved about the singing woman with a beard
A movie about the lives of famous celebrities was shown
The newspaper described who was divorced and why.
In an illusory paradise there is no place for suffering.
Poverty and despair are not photogenic.

People look indifferently at each other.
There is no sympathy in their dead eyes,
Their numb mouths repeat the heard phrases
And stone hearts do not know empathy.
Icy hands forgot how to serve a slice of bread
For dying of hunger children.

Watching TV -- Marie Rouach

Alicja Kuberska writes

Oceania

There, where the wind has a slightly salty taste
And the golden crystal of the Sun melts in the ocean,
Throwing shimmering spots on the turquoise-blue water,
Pearls are born.

Turtles, like underwater flocks of birds, wander
Through the reefs of coral and gardens full of sea anemones.
They avoid the shoals of colorful fish
To reach the warm sands of the coastal beaches.

Slender palms trees welcome guests.
They dance in the rhythm of light gusts of wind
and draw the subtle contours of leaves

on the silk azure of the sky – like batik patterns.

The richness and the beauty of nature evoke in my mind
An image of the biblical paradise and cause longing.
I dream to be here for a moment, touch the miracle of creation,

Feel the breath of God. 

Mahana No Atua (Day of the God) -- Paul Gauguin