Nadzieja
(hope)
By: Niebezpiczny Ksiezyc

The world is divided
By an invisible line
Which no one may cross
No one can defeat.
One side lives freely
The other does not
Children of the first
Laugh and play games
Children of the second
Work and cry
Their innocence is gone
Never to return
While the other’s
Maintain theirs for years
What makes these sides
So different from each other?
Is one side good?
Is one side evil?
Is one more pious?
One more intelligent?
We all share fears
We all share hope
And yet we live so
Differently from each other
We wish for peace
We receive only war
We call for equality
But our cries are unheard
No one listens to the children
No one heeds our calls
In our infantile wisdom
We see the world as good
Tainted by nothing
Full of possibilities
Unable to unite
Divided in the middle
We are kept silent.