Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
Footsteps heard…
on the cracking ice layer of a lake
like those cracking hopes I had as a kid.
Cursed from birth to live restless.
Every fragile step omens a dive into the dark waters but..
Do I dare to wake up what’s underneath?
Demons reflect on the sparkling surface
Past secrets are veiled under the tree shadows.
Those little red houses in snow
similar to blood stains on a white sheet.
I struggle to carve a path
through the dense foliage of my depression forest
adding colours to my melted dreams.
Who can muffle the roar of the karhu inside me?
Trains slither to nowhere
and I am a passenger with a first class ticket!
Here, on the frozen ground
stuck in dark clay
I have no time to mourn
But only taste freedom
from an opaque cup.
Fire burns my bitter past…
and warms my frozen faded fingers….
Do I dare to wake up what’s underneath?
Claire Photini Karamouzis-Chalkias is a graduate of the School of Science in the sector of Special Education and Psychology. Owning also a Certificate of Specialization in ‘Special Research Account on Mental and Community Health Programs’ &”Emotional Intelligence”. Hence she holds the Official Acknowledgement in Tutoring Qualifications. What is more, she acquired a diploma in ‘Family Engagement &
Education’ in Harvard University. She has been a facilitator and a trainer in youth exchange programmes and training courses funded by the European Union most of them on Human Rights, culture, civilization, tourism, volunteerism, creativity, sexual orientation, discrimination, disabilities and artistic techniques. She has been an Arts -Cultural Mediator in Performative Fine Arts & Creativity Associations. Photini is also the founder of the artistic union ‘Ulysses’ since 2006 and she has been the project manager organizing cultural events. For more than 15 years she has worked as a private tutor in English-speaking schools and as an Educational Psychologist on learning disabilities and mental disorders. Her poems and photographs are hosted in international publications and have been awarded with multiple prizes and honours. Last but not least, she loves sailing, playing the drums and exploring the world!
