Think, I do not say “dream”
Thinking is real, dreaming is fantasy
I speak not from a dream, but from paper
A rowboat struggles in the still sea
Think, I do not say “let fall”
Whoever they may be, let the child within you remain
I see no one else but them
Their hands held in His
Think, I do not say “become enemies”
Love lives not in space, but in time
Think, I do not mean destitution
Love is the childhood of the soul, it transforms
Think, I do not say “do not fall”
To fall is to dare to touch one’s true essence
Think, I do not insist that you must think
To think is to encounter the one in the mirror.
From the book title Sala (Funeral Call), 2007
English Translation by Mesut Şenol