The lack of freedom of the threatened -
the refugee, the citizen...
The stress of the oppressed -
the unbeliever, the scapegoat...
The fear of the minority -
the Jew, the intellectual...
The despair of the expelled -
the nonconformist, the immigrant...
The death of the attacked -
the woman, the stranger...
does not want to, cannot, may not
be named otherwise
than my freedom -
my free time, my hope
my home, my safety...
my spoiled life -
in my spoiled country...
Gedicht 5956 Amsterdam, 2026-03-21 Rede zur Demokratie (Nino Haratischwili) - 2025 Rede in der Nikolaikirche in Leipzig am 9. Oktober 2025, veröffentlicht in ihrer Sammlung "Europa, wach auf! Texte und Reden" (2025) Band: Die Halbe Arbeit Stichwort: Ethik: Gewissen Ehrerweisung an: Haratischwili, Nino