A Child Recognizes LOve

Ali F Bilir

    The day the baby is born
    it closes its eyes
    to hear its own voice.


    Then loneliness sets in,
    the cliff, the sea builds up
    over its inner world
    and swallows its loved ones.

    When fire touches its small fingers
    and the mother kisses burnt fingers,
    the child recognizes love.


    Translated by M. Ali Sulutas
    Edited in English by Susan Bright

    

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