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432 · Mar 2021
Racism
labyrinth Mar 2021
If you insist
I admit I’m racist
When it comes
To all ignorants
420 · Jul 2021
Self Deception
labyrinth Jul 2021
By the Aegean Sea
Meltemi’s talking to me
Under the shadow
Of the plum tree

And I voluntarily mistake
Tree-crickets for silence
As they, too, today
Bring as much peace
417 · Oct 2021
I
labyrinth Oct 2021
I
I’m predictable
For some reason I don’t know
I’m so proud of it
409 · Dec 2022
Half / Self
labyrinth Dec 2022
As far as soul’s concerned
The most accurate combo
This is what I’ve discerned
Weakness, flam and limbo
396 · Jun 2022
Why Lack Of Empathy
labyrinth Jun 2022
People, spend their time
Like it ain’t worth a dime
Are not aware of the self
Let alone their other half
385 · Nov 2021
Handicapped
labyrinth Nov 2021
Prejudice
An inner noise
Stops you from hearing

Ignorance
An inner hinderance
Stops you from seeing
380 · Jul 2022
Truth
labyrinth Jul 2022
My mouth’s speaking
Doesn’t mean a thing
Unless the said is heard
Loud and clear by a third
371 · Oct 2022
Silent Complain
labyrinth Oct 2022
Five Zero Two Bad Gateway
Grew into a daily incidence
A bad fate for poet, anyway
A call for an urgent diligence
369 · Jan 2022
Balance
labyrinth Jan 2022
Losing you didn’t mean anything
Other than finding myself
Which was everything
361 · Dec 2022
Stop Writing
labyrinth Dec 2022
First, there were oligarchs
I might as well stop writing
People tend to think otherwise
But, second is yet to come darling
355 · May 2022
Clue
labyrinth May 2022
In this open-air prison
Feel free as the bird
For the simple reason
You can’t polish a ****
352 · Jul 2022
Trippin’
labyrinth Jul 2022
Got wasted
Fell on the sun
****-naked
It wasn’t fun

More than tipsy
On a balloon
Saw the gypsy
Crashed the moon

Dipped his feet
In a crater lake
Non-stop drumbeat
Heavy headache

Before him, parked
Was witches-broom
The day was marked
By magic mushroom
348 · Aug 2022
Medieval Women
labyrinth Aug 2022
Until the dawn of sharing
Love was a low-cost caring
347 · Mar 2021
Essence
labyrinth Mar 2021
Ignore working on essence
The two things make sense
For your useless presence
Will be make-up and pretense
343 · Apr 2021
Godding Love
labyrinth Apr 2021
In the name of god we invade
We ****, we possess, we hate
And in the name of Love,
We also do all of the above

There is either a huge misunderstanding
Or we know exactly what God Is Love means
324 · Jan 2023
Line-like Relations
labyrinth Jan 2023
In fact, regardless of who
All has a place in the heart
Some are strike-through
And some are underlined
321 · Feb 2021
Confession
labyrinth Feb 2021
I, too, want to love
I just don’t remember how
306 · Mar 2021
Big Question
labyrinth Mar 2021
Tell me my little
Do we solve the world’s problems first
-Hunger, poverty, inequality, wars, that is-
And then fall in love with each other
Or do we fall in love first
-Hearts, eyes, lips, rainbows, that is-
And all the problems are solved at once
Be careful with your answer though
It will tell me a lot about you
As my reaction will about me
301 · Apr 2021
Deadline
labyrinth Apr 2021
I’m more interested
In hearts love broke
Than hearts love healed
Call that skepticism
Or simple realism
I couldn’t care less
Till you know to love from to possess
293 · Mar 2021
Illegality
labyrinth Mar 2021
To show the true affection
Marriages must be banned
People! Hear this interjection
It’s the best poem I ever penned
:)
293 · Feb 2021
Temper
labyrinth Feb 2021
I realize now. I am at that age
Temper is a barless cage
Like having both an inner accomplice
And a judge giving you a life-sentence
290 · Jun 2022
Clue
labyrinth Jun 2022
The poor
The wronged
The oppressed
All the other underdogs
Don’t you ever lose hope
God has other plans for you
And he probably always will
As long as you stand stock-still
290 · Jun 2021
New York Days
labyrinth Jun 2021
Thia’s coming
An old friend from US
An old friend from the past
Thia’s coming
So are some memories
Now, I’m older than ever
But, that’s not the point here
Thia’s coming
Along with her friend Tre
So are some of my NY days
That I’m having hard time
To remember nowadays
And, that feels almost like crime
My good old friend from the states paid me a visit in Istanbul after 17 years. I’m so happy
labyrinth Feb 2021
I finish a poem I like
Light me up a cigarette
While patting my muse

I finish a poem I don’t like,
Light me up a cigarette
With a lot of blues

This poetry business
Will give me the cancer
And I’ll pay my dues
289 · Aug 2022
Mission In Life
labyrinth Aug 2022
Most don’t even try
How can they face it
Rush blinders block the eyes
Tell me, who’s gonna chase it
287 · Feb 2021
Frankness
labyrinth Feb 2021
When I think or hear about love
It doesn’t, at all, seem to solve
Most our problems
Look at the evidence
Everythin’s getting worse
As time runs its course
285 · Feb 2021
Relation (In General)
labyrinth Feb 2021
When the heart feels ready
Who cares what the mind thinks
279 · Apr 2021
Relativity
labyrinth Apr 2021
Even a simple act
Such as sleeping
Turns to a drawback
If the soul’s suffering
278 · Feb 2021
Tech____No____Logy
labyrinth Feb 2021
We need to learn
Not to lie
Not to fight
Not to be greedy
Not to be corrupt
Not to be ignorant
Not to be jealous first
But just because
We have smart phones
And ****** electric cars
Or over a trip to Mars
We think we progress
Progress my ***
278 · Mar 2021
Radiation
labyrinth Mar 2021
If you’re a good person
It radiates. People know
If you’re a bad person
It radiates even more
275 · Jun 2021
Misfortune
labyrinth Jun 2021
I was gonna conquer the world
They didn’t let me
274 · Dec 2022
Company Policy
labyrinth Dec 2022
I actually agree with you
And I’d admit that too
If I weren’t an operator
Working at a call center
273 · Feb 2021
H.V.D.
labyrinth Feb 2021
I’ll be honest today. No covers
I prepared this virtual bouquet
I love all of you. My dear lovers
Hence, happy Valentine’s Day
270 · Oct 2021
Eyes
labyrinth Oct 2021
Eyes are just the hardware
And good for looking only

Seeing needs the software
Of courage and curiosity
      
If not, all those optic curves
Are a bunch of useless nerves
269 · Mar 2022
Just An Idea
labyrinth Mar 2022
What if all the states take
One percent tax for the poor
For every dollar the rich make
As a mandatory justice cure
263 · Dec 2022
Searchlight
labyrinth Dec 2022
Willful deafs and/or blinds
Never see how truth shines
262 · Jan 2022
L.I.I.T.A.
labyrinth Jan 2022
When I say
Love is in the air
I don’t mean it’s near me
Or it’s around the corner
Like most of you would
I mean it in a way more like;
The bird’s in the air
The plane’s in the air
The spaceship’s in the air
Without cursing at the planner
Yet, in an unreachable manner
258 · Feb 2023
Turn
labyrinth Feb 2023
Turn a blind eye
To get by

Turn a deaf ear
Not to interfere

You’ll soon turn in your grave
For the way you paved
257 · Feb 2021
New World Order
labyrinth Feb 2021
They handed us some toys
And told us to shut up
We were such docile boys
As they have finished the job
255 · May 2022
Wingman
labyrinth May 2022
Soul is only soul
If mind is not foul
Mind is only mind
If soul is not blind
254 · Nov 2021
Velocity
labyrinth Nov 2021
When humankind is the subject
Slow is fast and fast is slow
Chew the cud before you object
You too will see this ironic flow
250 · Feb 2021
Busy
labyrinth Feb 2021
At the expense of the future
Busying self with nonsense
The Most characteristic feature
Of **** Sapiens Sapiens
250 · May 2023
All Mays
labyrinth May 2023
Oh laborer, so you have labored
Three hundred and sixty four days
Now’s the time to be remembered
That is, May the first of all Mays
248 · Apr 2021
ANIMACY
labyrinth Apr 2021
I’ve never heard of a dishonest leopard
Or a cheating cheetah for that matter
I haven’t spoken with a corrupt eagle
Doing things I find rather illegal
I didn’t meet with a warlord grasshopper?
Nor a giraffe being the nastiest plotter
Never seen an ethnic massacre of sparrows carried out by pigeons
Or Panda’s killing koalas in the name of panda religion
Neither did I hear a drug-dealing squirrel
Nor a cat applicant with fake referral
Newspapers never read an alligator
Acting as the river’s agitator
No birds to sink so low being the bid-riggers
Or fish terrorists pulling the triggers
These are the problems that humans face
The ultra-superior, ultimate, master-race
These are not even problems, man! Just basics
And we succeed to fail in all. Let’s face it
Being the only incompatible creature
Of the whole system, we call nature
Answer me this! Who are the irrationals?
Honestly though! Us idiots or them animals?
247 · Jul 2022
Why Am I Not A Poet
labyrinth Jul 2022
When I’m writing poems
I hastily think I got-’em
The deadliest mistake
That I witlessly make
245 · Mar 2021
DRUNKARD
labyrinth Mar 2021
This terrible hangover
Makes me feel tired,
Beaten, wasted
I haven’t touched a drop yet
All that’s going on
And on and on
Stress is the ultimate pandemic
That we keep fighting
I’m not sure if we intend to win
All that anguish, all that despair
Just about everywhere
All that darkness
Even Netflix blockbusters
Are all about dystopia
I cannot run away
Maybe that’s exactly why
My hangover is not going anywhere
Anywhere soon at least
Till I beat the beast
Some ***** or lots of beers
Curtaining all my fears
245 · Sep 2022
Ignorance
labyrinth Sep 2022
Number one cause
Of human death
Is not against laws
You do the math
243 · Feb 2022
Simple
labyrinth Feb 2022
Simple is really hard
In almost any regard
243 · Mar 2021
EQUALITY
labyrinth Mar 2021
The Elite
Dear Sirs
I’ll only have a minute of your time
Please kindly pay attention
I know we both have the right
To vote
To breathe
To walk in the streets freely
To wear whatever we like
To buy coffee from the cafes
To watch ****
To talk with friends
To call mom, or whatever
Fine
Don’t get me wrong
I don’t give a **** about your fancy toys
I don’t mind all that being yours
Your Ferrari,
Your house, nothing short of a palace
Your other possessions for that matter
But
Yes, there is a but!
But
We don’t have an equal say on any critical subject
We are not presented equal opportunities
We are not getting an equal education
And more importantly
We are not equally safe
Now!
Please kindly answer me this
That’s not quite equal
Is it?
You wouldn’t call that equality
Would you?
242 · Mar 2021
Think About It
labyrinth Mar 2021
If it doesn’t change
From person to person
OR
From nation to nation
A pure, simple justice
Is the sole key to happiness
Except for the super riches
Why worry about those sons of *******
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