ΧRYSOULA FOUFA

 

 

Forgiveness

 

You are my life on my script life

every step and breath I take

reflect your motherly manner

tenderly touching me.

Even if I tried to break through

away from you,

I couldn't resist your velvet lips

kissing me good night,

the smell of your hair

touching my soul,

your soft voice

calling me back home

when I was late…

I secretly adored your inner strength,

your patience,

your daily hard work

but I dared not admit

my love to you openly.

I kept your image in my heart

I kept your words as jewelry in my bag

I kept the echo of your laughter

a mystical whisper in my dreams.

I am saying now:

I loved you mum

but I couldn't say that then.

You always knew it

but you never asked for it.

You were walking alone

carrying the solitude of love

deep in your breasts

all the way long till eternity

as waves carrying the sand

towards the ocean.

Still, I loved you.

 

Labourer

 

You raised your head

and looked at the sky -

your tired eyes sought for brightness.

Some birds were flying

across the red horizon.

The noise of their wings

was heard at the distance

keeping you alive.

“Two minutes break from work”,

you whispered

before going back

waving in the wind

with your gnarled hands.

You were a labourer.

 

ΧRYSOULA FOUFA

 

ΧRYSOULA FOUFA: She was born in 1971 in Farsala, Greece. She graduated from the Department of English Language and Literature of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with honors in 1993 and then worked as a tutoring school owner for 6 years. After that, she successfully passed the ASEP exams and was appointed to the high school in Astakos Messolongi. She has been teaching   English in the 1st General Lyceum of Farsala since 2000. She attended various seminars on her subject as well as on psychology and environmental protection issues. She loves literature, poetry, traveling and dancing.  Poetry prizes have been awarded to her for her poems in national and global poetry competitions so far.  She is an elected vice mayor in her town. She had been the president of a local club concerning Epirus traditions and customs for 6 years (2018-2024). She is a member of the Board of the Academy of Farsala. She has got three children.