PRIDE

By Pedro Du Bois (Balneário Camboriú, SC)

(Marina Du Bois, English version)

In the distance

I find out

the uselessness

of pride

nationality faints

in what I leave aside

I live in silence

I am not lost

in the silent hymn

(I forget the lyrics to the anthem)

the greater the distance

sharper are the figures

of all time

less pride

in helpless sadness.