Legacy

"Alea iacta est"
- the die has been cast...
and that event that has shaped me,
- it occurred even before my birth...
( seven years, to be exact.)
It became my topic
for endless school essays,
compositions...
Revolution!
1956!

It was my father's pride,
but also sorrow-
my mother's grief
and heavy burden...

And now, today, (me!)
with such a surname-
Spanish,
Who'd ever guess?
Who can fathom my history?

Grown older,
I reach back,
more and more,
ever learning...

And as I watch old newsreels-
see Stalin's statute toppled,
as I read patriotic poems,
Yes,
goosebumps rise
upon my Magyar skin.