Thursday, June 28, 2018

Timeless Tale

Exposed to harsh words day in day out
As if serviced fresh from devil's mouth,
Everyone starts to look alike
Sharing a sin no one can quite name
Even the pious and the well read
A collective guilt that is alive
Underneath the society's lurid cape
Disguised as forgetfulness
It all starts with neglect,
Abandoning nice people and craving
For more than one's garden's fruits

My solace, darling, is in a mirage
of children playing with petals and seashells,
the moon playing with waters beneath,
warmth of a helping hand and genuine smile
that feeling, a size larger than the heart,
the very thing that gave motion
to the first atom.

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Barefoot darings

A fresh look at things
crisp citrus-like
blended with mimosa
and lily of the valley
Made me overhear
beyond daily city murmur
some angels and fairies
who were giving directions to a healing river
I bathed my memories
and stretched my dreams there
Avoiding careless glass
also politics and gossips
I think of the vastness of human potential
in the shape of green grass
with occasional june winds in my hair
your name in my mouth,
such a majestic joy

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Green Tunnel

I wish I could sing to you the best
possible combination of notes
in all the languages
invented by humankind
I wish I could fly across
all geographies just to collect
endemic flowers and decorate
my green tunnel in the hopes that
you get intoxicated 
with their aromas and colors,
your head turns,
our smiles meet,
your steps and heart beats 
rhyme with mine 
alas, there is only a slightest chance
of you finding the secret doorway into it
and I am not supposed to collect you


Friday, June 1, 2018

Gel git

Hüzünle neșe iki kardeș
Biri yorulunca diğeri çıkar sahneye
Bazen el ele oynar çayla tost bölüșürler
Birinin kafası geçmișe dalar durur
Diğerinin kalbi gelecekte huzur bulur
Ikisi de șiir karalar uyku kaçırır
Bazen ayni evde iki yabancı olurlar
Bazen ayni sarkiya farkli ritim tutarlar
Șen ıslığın son vagonu buruk iç çekiși
Neyse ki tekrar tabiatin șașmaz kanunu
Bunlar da bağrımda gün ay gibi peși sıra
Döner dönerler