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Burak Balkaya Dec 2024
Towards a blue full moon,
While journeying,
I suddenly evaporated.
Though the night was cold,
And space
Was driving me crazy
With its silence.
And then, all at once,
Suddenly—

You stirred.
I woke up.
The night was still trembling,
And you were warm.
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Burak Balkaya Dec 2024
So many colors, oh so much...
When I lean on my pillow, I see
A feast emerges from the cosmos
Perhaps the most delicate tone of melody

Not just for myself,
But to multiply and share
I feel the urge to cherish this moment
To strive and continue, the futile effort of being human

Notes are streaming in from the window
Time has passed beyond belief
Colors seeking refuge flood all around me
I understand that you have arrived
My eyes slowly close, nothing left to punish in my chest
It's time to turn back time,
With the remaining notes of the delicate tone
Back to the cosmos once again
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Notes and color tones have always inspired me during long nights. The cosmos and night are the best places for me to appreciate their balance and harmony.
Burak Balkaya Dec 2024
Do you recognize me?
I leaned on walls so cold and bare,
When winds arose, with silent despair,
I dimmed, like a flicker lost in the air.

I am darkness,
A shadow cast, solitude’s guise,
A tenant within, where the heart lies,
Perhaps a lover, or tears in your eyes.

But how did you catch my gaze?
Was it a fleeting, stolen phase?
The seconds I linger, unseen each day,
Clinging to life in twilight’s array.

Or did you look but fail to see,
The whispering void that’s part of me?

Each night, I waltz with shadows unseen,
As footsteps scatter through autumn’s sheen,
Lives diverge behind glass and frame,
Each window murmurs a different name.

I am myself, unbroken, unchanged,
A silent echo through time’s exchange.
Watching you dream through your window’s light,
A quiet figure that grows with the night,
Dwelling deep within your soul’s cityscape,
A ghost of this life, with no escape.
A translation of an old one from long time ago
Burak Balkaya Nov 2024
One day while strolling on the snow,
Following the murmuring flakes below,
My breath caught and I felt it then,
Caught in your eyes, and can't breathe again.

— The End —