Page 12 - ILIAS ATHANASIADIS AKA RO1

MY FIRST ESCAPE

TEENAGE YEARS

Winter in North Greece means Winter snow falling for days schools

are closed the weather is very strong winds and cold as minus 10 it is

normal conditions.

I was 13 years old and I have had enough of my family, I had the

feeling I was not part of this family, they never paid attention to

what I was wearing the shoes with a big hole my feet were wet going
to school and back home.

I couldn’t feel them and I had to hide them from the others so I was
constantly looking for ways to cover my feet or pretend I was cool

when I was not.

I was trying to fit somewhere and I couldn’t find anything my

friends were limited No money to go to cinema with them some

birthday parties I always missed, because you have to buy a present
and we didn’t have money.

I miss many years because of lack of money, nights I was alone next
to a cheap radio and that was my way out of my every day life. I

ended up comparing the rock and pop music I was able to sing

foreign songs and dance to them.

I was putting the lights off in the house and pretended that I was in

the dark club with people around me dancing and singing but at the
same time looking from the window, just in case my mother or

father comes back and see me dancing .