ŞENOL ALÇINKAYA

 

 

Dance Of Loneliness

 

Am like a lonely fish in a deserted ocean.

 

I am a lighthouse, like a star shining in the dark.

 

I am like a lonely seagull floating in stormy seas.

 

The sound of the waves becomes my whisper.

 

The moonlight becomes my path.

 

Şenol Alçınkaya

 

A Pinch of Happiness

 

All I sought was a pinch of happiness,

 

They snatched it away from my heart.

 

A beacon of hope in my sky,

 

They extinguished it cruelly in one night.

 

My laughter faded, my songs fell silent,

 

Sadness in my heart, tears in my eyes.

 

Happiness was a mirage, lost in the distance,

 

Loneliness and sorrow became my companions.

 

I searched for it everywhere, in every corner,

 

I questioned fate with every breath.

 

But I couldn't find a piece of happiness,

 

I grew weary in this relentless quest.

 

Perhaps happiness was within me,

 

I couldn't see it with my blind eyes.

 

Perhaps happiness was a journey,

 

Not a destination, but a search with every step.

 

Maybe one day I'll find that lost happiness,

 

Maybe it will find me one day, unexpectedly.

 

Until then, I will live with hope in my heart,

 

Perhaps one day the sun will rise in my darkness.

 

ŞENOL ALÇINKAYA

 

ŞENOL ALÇINKAYA: He was born in Istanbul. He served on the administrative bodies of various cultural and social associations. Among them are the following organizations: Turkish Volunteers for Kidney and Organ Transplantation, ÇEKSED (Modern Literature, Culture and Arts Association). He also served as the publishing manager of Kardelen (Snowdrop) and Edebiyat Gezgini (Literature Traveler) literary magazines. His poems appeared in a number of magazines, anthologies and newspapers.