Circle of Darkness/Krujo Kalo
Gilda's poem is one of the winners of our Call for Poems and Writing Pieces on gender-based violence.
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Gilda Nancy Horvath (Nancy Black)
11/24/20231 min read
Krujo Kalo
Sostar zipines?
Zipines pre ma?
Zipines ande dukha?
Zipines avri sa?
Sostar mares?
Tu mares ma?
Chavora, Phenja?
Mares len sa?
Shelle bershenza
So avelas
te mukassas?
o marimo
o chorimo
krujo kalo
So avelas
te mukas kodo ?
te sasdjaras amen?
te shaj las amen
avri kathar kodo
krujo kalo
Romanes (Original)
Circle of Darkness
Why are you screaming?
Screaming at me?
Screaming in vain?
Screaming out the pain?
Why do you hurt?
You hit me?
Children, Sisters ?
Will you hit them all?
for hundreds of years
What if we leave it?
The violence
The darkness
This dark circle
What if we leave it?
So we can heal it?
Take ourselves out of
This circle of darkness
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