PEACE

Participation of the 1st Experimental Junior High School of Karditsa in the radio message competition “Make it heard 2023” with the theme “The new generation for Peace”.
The radio message, which was inspired, created and delivered by the students participating in the school’s Radio broadcasting Club, is based on the poem “Peace” by Chrysa Mastorodimos from the poetry collection “Interpreters”.
The Coordinator of the Radio broadcasting Club, Elena Papakosta, Music Teacher supported and encouraged the students’ effort.

Serena,
More than ever
you remain mute now
in the tragedy of the world.
Serena,
your spirit lives in your body
Serena,
your body:
in Palestine it is killed
in America it explodes
at the Paris station it is bleeding.

Serena,
may you come into our lives forever
this undeclared war
to stop
the white doves
to scatter
and heal all wounds.

But you got confused too
in this flow of time
this war
it has no season
it has no color and no religion
it smells hallucinatory
death without meaning.

Serena,
mute word,
you have been living for years
the man, his weapons
turns on you.
Now let out a scream
don’t stay mute any longer
let your words be heard
make God of the humble:
Human
– no human –
to destroy.