Now your voice is coming from far away
how much you talk by my side
a crackling noise, are the lines faulty
a depth in a distance
just tell me was it like this
even if you were silent I used to hear you
was it like this previously?
you would have been like screaming
towards the inner ear of mine
from the planet you were in.

Poem by: Cengiz Orhan January 2005-Istanbul- from his published book "Half of Nothing"

Translation by: Günsel Djemal London