South East Europe - Macedonia
Through a target I look at the rose in front of the trench. A bee comes out!
Today is peaceful. Children shooting at each other with water guns.
Without a command the shooting has stopped. A butterfly passing by.
A stray bomb has fallen upon the cemetery.
War again. Some were killed, and now - commercials!
Nikola Madzirov
Strumica, Macedonia
Translated by Makedonka Bozinovska
Copyright authors, 2003