Posted By Frederika on August 21, 2009
Let another year
rest on your shoulders
together with all the years past
On cold winter nights
there’s memories to talk about
with yesterday’s music
to beat in your heart
Keep walking your road
Follow the river
once more
when it runs fiercely
or silently sleeps
when it overflows
and breaks out
into forests and valleys
or when on its banks
bushes longingly burst into bloom
Follow the river
when a wild storm fills it with mud
or when the sun reflects
on its water of silver
Follow the river
with its bends and its twists
until you arrive at the glade.
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About The Author
I was born in Limassol, Cyprus and migrated to Australia in 1974.
I have a Diploma in Interpreting and Translating from R.M.I.T University and a Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration from the University of Melbourne. For many years I worked with the Victorian Education Department- Student Services -assisting hundreds of non-English speaking background children integrate smoothly into the school community. I've also worked as an Education Officer with the Equal Opportunity Commission, as a Translator with Centrelink and as a journalist with SBS Radio.
Articles of mine have occasionally been published in "Neos Kosmos" newspaper. I'm currently in the process of translating an interesting Autobiography of an elderly Australian-Greek man who wants to leave it as a legacy for his grandchildren.
I love reading and writing literature and poetry. My writing comes mainly from the heart and from personal experiences. I write to express my feelings and to know I'm not alone!
[...] Follow the River [...]
Keep following that river, Frederika.
love, Gabrielle.