Sofia Skleida

 

Sofia Skleida

 

Eternal Glory

 

When time will come

no, I do not want unnecessary words,

drumbeats and an ostentatious present

A small corner in the mind and in the heart

The ideal place

In the soul and in the silence of the timeless time

I want to live there

And if there is no space,

does not matter

Let me be somewhere in the void of a random routine

Dot ink printed on the memories of familiar faces

As long as the depth of their thinking allows them,

they will still be able to reflect and share resurrected expectations

There you will be

 worthy and heroic traveler of your short life for your humility

and your greatness

 

My dear and beloved friend ...

 

 

Prosperous

 

You are the one who comes and goes

or just your idol?

Your shadow?

You are everywhere,

you are hovering

You get lost for a while

Present again

You get flesh and bones

Your volume is thickening

You are reflected in the sad eyes

Pinned on a black background

of expressionless faces

I am not afraid of you

anymore

You become locuscommunis *,

 our common and tragic collective fate

 

 

That's why I ignore you.

Amphidromia are over **

Your peony no longer sounds

 I happily dance in beautiful white gardens

I experience divine communion

 assembling crumbs of soul ...

 

*Common place

** the purification ceremony after childbirth in ancient times

 

 

The Unseen Day

 

Your resurrection, my Christ, is an eschatological verification

"Unseen light" of your holiness that shines in the purity and clarity of the soul

 Continuously purifies the believer

embracing and penetrating the net

of the matter, space and time.

It is given only to the chosen people,

 to those who surrender their hearts to your love

my Sweet Lord,

 as they consistently choose and walk "the narrow and crooked road" ...

 

*Eternal life

 

SOFIA SKLEIDA

 

SOFIA SKLEIDA: She was born in Athens. She studied Filology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens where she obtained her BA,MA in Pedagogy,  Ph.D in Comparative Pedagogy and a postdoctoral research certificate . She obtained a certification in the Braille language. Today she works as a teacher in the secondary education. She took part in conferences and published articles in the Greek and international scientific journals, in conference papers and chapters books. She was awarded for her participation in poetry and literary contests in Greece and abroad. Her poems have been translated into Italian, English, Spanish, Albanian and Romanian. Her first poetic collection entitled Dream of Oasis (Thessaloniki, 2014), was translated and published in Italy in 2017 (won the second prize in an international competition in Milan). Her first Fairy tale entitled Geometrini was published in 2016, her second with the title The Kingdom of Joy in 2018. Some of her published works are the following: Neologisms, Melismos, in the Mediterranean, Poetic Reflections, Cappadocian theological references in handwritten verses, The teaching of classical languages in the Italian secondary education, Poetic visions in Paintings, Didactic Trilogy: Body-Spirit-Soul, Educational Proposals. She is a regular member at the Panhellenic Union of Writers.