Huzun

Aerial banyan roots
give in to gravity
find pockets in the earth
plant their thickening shapes
like sorrow calcified
into destiny

Ruins of Istanbul
do not let memories fade
citizens embrace it as identity
Huzun – a collective melancholy
to consecrate yearning
for past glory

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Quadrille Monday at dVerse

P.S.

Hüzün” is a Turkish noun meaning sadness, melancholy, sorrow, or deep emotional gloom, originating from Ottoman Turkish and ultimately Arabic.