Eating figs

We ate figs at Tlos - 

Sweetness on our tongues -

Olive trees had shaded us -

We'd walked amongst the ruins of a noble city - 

Seen birds dart from shattered column to column - 

Touched the stone beds of Lycian kings -

Tlos 

September 2024

We wait to board the jet - 

When we land, I'll wear tweed - 

In my dreams, I'll walk barefoot - 

Swim in a turquoise sea - 

Dalaman

September 2024 

This moment -

Holding it close - 

The feathery clouds across the sky - 

The smooth limbs of the Eucalyptus tree - 

The brighr air - 

The salt on my skin - 

Akyaka

Sptember 2024

The two sisters -

How they look at each other - 

As though they were in a painting - 

Caught in each other's gaze - 

Akyaka

September 2024

Gentle hours - 

Shade of palm tress -

Bright fish in a quiet sea - 

Akyaka

September 2024

The fish restaurants spilled their light upon the water - 

In Bar Street, girls clasped their boys - 

There was cool jazz in Euphoria -

Marmaris

September 2024

Before each shop window, a languid bravo - 

Gazing at his phone, or at his pristine faux Nikes -

The patron with his tea - 

The Mbappe football shirt - 

Marmaris Bazaar

September 2024