I nestle in

…the beloved sea

…roundness of tears

…serendipity

…yelkouan shearwaters skimming across Bosphorus

...misty colored, anise-flavored rakı

…scent of mornings

…rustling of poplar leaves

…wanderlust

…purrs of cats

…smiles and laughters of the face, of the heart

…silence

…glitters of the sea

…words of poets

…wind, that crazy traveler

…trust in the eyes of stray dogs

…taste of raindrops

…life-loving, life-giving olive trees

…dreaming

…snowflakes

…shades of purple

…houses made of clouds

…thinking

…cherries turned into stars

…İstanbul, the city, my soul

…tales of past coming from future

…dewdrops lying on grass, smiling

…soft light of autumn afternoons

…foams of Bosphorus

…pages of books as embraced by their scent

…abandoned mountain villages

…sound of rain

...unvoiced words

…sunbeams

…old houses that keep stories within

…chaos

…stardust

…kindness of strangers

…winding roads

…solitude

…depths of caves, veins of the Earth

…joy

…magic

…moonlit nights, deep dark nights, starry nights, misty nights-those embracing nights

...flights of swallows

…wandering and wondering

…and in life

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