Three women sat at one table.
In each of them, a heart beats
born in a different time.
White plates waiting
for a slice of bread
baked in a warm brick oven.
One remembers the war.
She brings calm.
The second worries that everyone
will come back safe.
The third
listens to their stories
and enters the world
with a full breath
after the fall of the wall.
I touch the hard-working hands
of the oldest one,
full of love so quiet
that it cannot be denied.
In her eyes
a little girl still lives,
the same one
who once
lost her mother.
She is an anchor.
She brings comfort
and memory.
That day and those plates
with a slice of bread
remain in memory
because of them.
Mar 10
Mar 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM UTC
Three women sat at one table.
In each of them, a heart beats
born in a different time.
White plates waiting
for a slice of bread
baked in a warm brick oven.
One remembers the war.
She brings calm.
The second worries that everyone
will come back safe.
The third
listens to their stories
and enters the world
with a full breath
after the fall of the wall.
I touch the hard-working hands
of the oldest one,
full of love so quiet
that it cannot be denied.
In her eyes
a little girl still lives,
the same one
who once
lost her mother.
She is an anchor.
She brings comfort
and memory.
That day and those plates
with a slice of bread
remain in memory
because of them.
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