Ali F. Bilir’s poem “Give Me a New Name” is published at the May 2015 issue of First Literary Review – East.
Give me a new name
a fresh one
in rainbow colors,
an unfolded butterfly
kites, birds, and the sound of zephyr,
passing through the mountains
and the infinite blue
a sailboat on the shore, and
smile of a child
waving
neither a dark shadow,
a rope, a lasso,
nor a manacle
should fetter it,
give me a new name
freely….
—Ali F. Bilir