TE16 Turkish Delight

Ten Poems

thinking of you

Do you know what’s on my mind for you? A mountain. Not only a mountain, its whisper

A whisper that brightens and multiplies with the zeal of stars The immobile whisper of a shadow that started a journey The whisper of the fire of worry pouring into the heart The whisper of a misty bed and warming mornings The whisper of our bodies standing in flames in their silent idleness. In my mind is the heavy weight of memories The deep scents exuding from lush forests Touching the sleep we handed over to the rain Leaking intothemirrors let itflow. Thewireof existence isstrained Fingers touching the notes I know less Clustered memories are squeezed by forgetting. In my mind is the roof of night and day Every name of the sun every name of darkness is in my mind The wet face of clouds pouring itself out of shapelessness Gives taste to the tongue through the cracking lip Do you hear the owl’s cry? In my mind the owl is perched on the branch. The sky wanders door to door with its fear of solitude The wings of little Joseph beat midday’s heat On my mind is the fountain Of drying distance, dew, plants and love Windows breathe looking at the garden Water trembles from a lack of fish in the lake… 209