My Thessaloniki, a poem by Vassiliki V. Pappa

Thessaloniki, my home
with your special light
with your White Tower
and your byzantine churches
with your warm people
and the narrow streets.
Thessaloniki my city
That you fascinate everybody
City of unconcern
And of those in love
City of the romantics
and of the idealists
cradle of civilization
metropolis of the world
Thessaloniki, my home
Generator of my children..
Beauty you emerge
Like another Aphrodite
May you stay alive
don' t lose your pulse
and may all quickly perceive
their debt towards you..
May you stay alive
don' t lose your pulse
and your special identity
city of Thessaloniceans
Your absence is great
Day by day..
Great is the patience, too
Till I will be
again in your bossom...
Hgoumenitsa 6.11.2015
From the Poetry Athology "Greece - Light", Edition by Vassiliki V. Pappa (Translation by Aliki Naka), Photography Vasiliki Pappas, Thessaloniki 2019.