Ulas Basar Gezgin Biography

Sometimes I feel I get bored
Since I feel that we read and write in vain
Who is reading what we write anyway?
You, I and our son.
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In this world which is full of bombs and land mines,
On streets that smell blood and lynching,
There is only one way, if there is ever a future for humanity
Let peace be with you my dear, and let it stay with you forever.
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Another city was besieged from all her surrounds,
From her streets, her bridges, her squares, her castles.
Dead babies in deep freeze, celebrities on the news,
Entertainment on TV channels, bullet holes on the walls.
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Since it is crowded around the coffin,
You leaned against the coffin and sat.
Your eyes face behind, the car moves ahead.
Sitting this way doesn't bring the dead back.
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He could not stand to leave his soil,
Or he could not stand to stand still.
One day, as if whispering to life gently,
He hung his last breath onto the clouds.
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