HAPPY TEARS A few happy tears For the time when we were unapologetically happy. For the days when 18 Turkish Lira felt like unlimited wealth, When a cup of tea, a shared meal, And long conversations Were enough to make the world complete. A few happy tears For Ali, Whose face lit up at the […]
The sound of silence Has always lived in me, not quietly, Not gently, but loud enough to bruise the heart. It rises without warning, In crowded rooms, in scrolling hands, in faces lit with achievements And borrowed joy. Sometimes it grows so intense That tears roll down With no story attached. No trigger. Just pressure. […]
There was a timeI was a hopeless romantic,not the tragic kind,not a soul made of sadness,just someone who believedthat feeling deeplywas a form of loyalty to life. I had passion then.For things people now call small,but never felt small to me. Independence Day felt like a heartbeat.National Day was a festival,not a date on a […]
(A Song for Resilience) I fought my wars on my own, No drums, no banners, no throne. Kept searching faces in the crowd, A shoulder, a hand, a soul unbowed. I whispered prayers into the air, Hoping someone, somewhere would care. But silence was my oldest friend— It stayed with me until the end. It […]