Ali F. Bilir

Bu yazı sadece İngilizce’dir.“They scale death with separation…”~~~ Folk song

Lake Ella,
tiny lake
how familiar she seems —
yet completely separate

Lake Ella,
mysterious and
night tired
like a martin
f
a
l
l
i
n
g
onto the water

Water lily,
children running about,
woman with a puppy —

the day,
too busy
for me.

Lake Ella,
Why is separation
always more painful than
death?

~~~Tallahassee, August, 2008; Translated by Susan Bright