ŞENOL ALÇINKAYA

 

A Stray Stone In The Sea Foam

I am like a stray stone in the sea foam, 

Wherever the waves take me, 

I will roam. 

Whose hearts will I bounce on again?

I do not know, I do not know.

Maybe in a seaside town, 

I will play with the children's toys. 

Or maybe in a big city, 

I will be crushed under people's feet. 

Or maybe, just maybe, 

I will stand in a museum's vitrine, 

An immortal statue.

Who knows, who knows? 

I will wake up with the morning sun's rays, 

I will rest under the evening stars. 

And always, I will be a stray stone in the sea foam.

If I Were Rain

If I were rain, I would fall on your hair,

I would be the drops that slide down.

With each touch on your skin,

My absence would remind you of my presence.

Every time I think of you,

You would count the falling rain as my tears.

I would roar as thunder, saying "I'm here!".

If I were rain, I would be life from distant lands,

My falling drops touching you.

With each drop falling to the ground, 

I would become steam,

And rain again, anew.

I would shake you, so you wouldn't forget me, my love

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. Published books: Poems Under the Rain (2016). Sadness Street (2020)