"...like the stars 
                           that give their light to the night
                           the people give their word to the future"
                                                         (Jochen Gerz)

let us give our word - a promise
it blooms invisibly
but it gives birth to smiles
to a hand stretched out
let us give
let us give our ears
so they will hear the
inaudible sob
the quest
the cry in the night
that is born out of desolation
and the shout of joy
that demands, without saying so, to be shared
let us give
let us give a helping hand
to the woman the man knocking at our closed doors
the doors of Europe
that has brought so much misery
to the world
 

                                       a.w.