seem to be taking
the long way
home
other writing
following Li Shang-yin
there it is
was
gone
before I grasped
the what
the where
of who
you I
were
at sea
drifting
at sea
leaving whatever
my mind held
on shore
2am in Ayvalık on November 16, 2016
a dog barked earlier
somewhere toward the sea
the fire’s embers glow
there is peace
in the air
in my heart
morning will come
as it always does
another day older
another year fades
following Tu Mu
thousands of miles
moonlight sunshine
mists clouds
across oceans
down city streets
the path the heart takes
coming home
lady of my thoughts
been here before: standing eight
the legs wobbly
the arms exhausted
the head throbbing
but fire still
in the eyes
as you are
stay as you are
till we meet
again
then
be as you are
life, man
it’s five o’clock
in the morning
I put the book down
look at the cat
and say
now that’s something
he looks at me
as if to say wtf
blinks
and goes back to sleep
life, man
can’t be anthing else
at 3am: for JM
sometimes she wakes at 3am
wondering what if she were wrong
and this a mistake
the life she should have led
misplaced in some corner
of a room she passed through
on her way to somewhere else
then that long stare
into darkness
till morning
when love comes calling: for Altynai & Serkan Polat
two hearts
melt
into one
when love
comes calling
Leonard Durso 