At War . . .

South East Europe - Macedonia

Through a target I look
at the rose in front of the trench.
A bee comes out!

Today is peaceful.
Children shooting at each other
with water guns.

Without a command
the shooting has stopped.
A butterfly passing by.

A stray bomb
has fallen upon the
cemetery.

War again.
Some were killed,
and now - commercials!

Nikola Madzirov
Strumica, Macedonia

Translated by Makedonka Bozinovska