IMMORTALIZED LOVE

I no longer wander through the land of withered flowers… my beloved is gone,
I no longer ask within the forsaken rose garden… my darling is gone.
My soul is a flame, my hope — a bird with a broken wing;
I cannot confide in a friend, I’m lost in a vast desert… no cure remains.
My heart drifts like a fallen leaf… I have no branch to cling to,
I am lost upon the path of a fate woven in the night… there is no light.
Volcanoes erupt within me — the fires, who knows if they’ll ever die;
I am a ship with no compass… there is no harbor to anchor by.
With every breath I whispered “You”; fire wrapped my skin in flame,
Am I Kerem? I don’t know — one letter was enough to burn my name.
Love is a blaze, a fire, sometimes a silent cry,
My heart turned into a flood — it swept me away… I lost my own dike.
On my lips, silence before the storm… no sound, no breath of you,
A damp breeze comes from Mount Seki… I am lost, helpless too.
The roads are endless, deserts thirst, life is barren without you;
I searched the steppes for your trace… but none, no shape, no clue.
A seal was pressed upon my heart; what remains is a broken soul,
In a handkerchief, your scent lingers — a lock of hair, a memory whole.
Like Kamber, I burned within… tears won’t fall, eyes stay dry;
In my untamed heart remain a lifetime, a vow, a final sigh.
My eyes gaze toward the horizon, chasing a lost dream… no hope,
Time is a blind well — no ladder climbs its darkened slope.
Nights are long, dawn never comes, the sun will not rise; prayers are mute,
Only your name remains upon my lips… Where are you? No light, no truth.
And you say…
From Tuzla to Zeytinburnu, at Beşyüz T, come softly — come swift,
I’m calling from Çırpıcı Meadow… come through the strings of my heart, by the soul’s drift.
Let us rise anew together… embrace me, let this love not end here,
Wrap the night in your scent; I’m your lover — come touch my dreams, come near.
In Aphrodite’s mirror, in Venus’s prayer… come, now, appear,
You are the light Dante burned for, seeking Beatrice so dear.
Your presence echoes in the heart of time… I can hear it swell,
This is Immortalized Love — Our Story… come eternally, come and dwell.
Let this love not end here… come eternally, come and dwell!

Kamil Özcan – Oct 19, 2025  Çanakkale – Türkiye