Sklithro–Zelenich–Sebalći

ABOUT THE PAST

Poem 49 of 56Kosmas YotisPublished 21 March 2026
Places named here Sklithro ×1 Zelenich ×1
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We write about the past

Because we don’t know the future

The present goes fast

And this...we have to nurture

As I remember my parents

They had so much to tell

I was so busy with my errands

So much behind I fell

Now I have the time

They are not here to ask

The memory they left behind

Will be my only task

That’s way I am writing

These precious lines in brief

Now is time for binding

Because time is also

A silent thief

Kozma Yotis (the author of these poems) with his parents, Marika (Gogi) Yotis, sister Katina (Frangos) and father Stefi Yotis gathering hay from their farmland in Sklithro-Zelenich. Older sister Dimitroula-Mitka (Grosdanis)

From the collection's own note: the images with these poems are AI-created artistic renderings by the source, not historical photographs.