Round and round and round and round… I let my body free to swirl. My mind disperses everywhere in space. Time is circular and spiral. I close my eyes and feel like becoming a perfect circle; and then a sphere. I begin and end at the same point. Everything returns to its original source; everything, except me. Return. “Reeetuuuurn”, the drone repeats slow and low.
I do not own my body anymore. It belongs to the Universe, now. Born twice. First on Earth and now in the Cosmos. I leave my spaceship, mother. I leave the womb once again.

~Evlampia Tsireli~
(an extract from my short story, “The Drone”, for Peter Gric’s painting, “Orbiter II”)
Artwork by Peter Gric, “Orbiter II”
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Επιτρέπεται η ηλεκτρονική αναδημοσίευση μόνο εφόσον αναδημοσιευτεί το πλήρες κείμενο, με ξεκάθαρη απόδοση στη συγγραφέα Ευλαμπία Τσιρέλη, μαζί με σύνδεσμο στην παρούσα σελίδα. Απαγορεύεται κάθε είδους έντυπη αναδημοσίευση. Σε αντίθετη περίπτωση, θα υπάρχουν κυρώσεις σύμφωνα με τον Νόμο 2121/1993.

And he led her into a valley; a dead, dark valley with burned, black ground and rusty, metallic structures here and there.
“Why did you bring me here? Don’t you think I’ve seen enough death for today?” she cried.
“This time I brought you to see some life”, he placated her.
And there it was. The “Dark Flower” sprouted on the top of the burned hill, with its brave roots penetrating the dead ground. Although it seemed unearthly, this flower was actually trying to revivify the dead valley. It was fed by the filth of the ground, thus purifying it day by day. And somehow, in its own magic way, was filtering the toxic liquids of the subsoil, creating clear water in its core. It was the new hope. It was a new fountain of life.

~Evlampia Tsireli~
Artwork by Peter Gric, “Dark Flower”
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Επιτρέπεται η ηλεκτρονική αναδημοσίευση μόνο εφόσον αναδημοσιευτεί το πλήρες κείμενο, με ξεκάθαρη απόδοση στη συγγραφέα Ευλαμπία Τσιρέλη, μαζί με σύνδεσμο στην παρούσα σελίδα. Απαγορεύεται κάθε είδους έντυπη αναδημοσίευση. Σε αντίθετη περίπτωση, θα υπάρχουν κυρώσεις σύμφωνα με τον Νόμο 2121/1993.