The Poem of My Life

The Poem of My Life

Sone is my name,

The son of Ali and Turkan

Born in Fethiye,

Studying in Antalya

Lover of rock music and idleness

When I was young,

I was like a monster,

Beating kids of my age

Being cruel to people

And having an endless energy

I threw myself to grounds,

Played dangerous games in my mind,

Nearly causing my death

Either to be crashed by a car,

Or by an electric shock.

My momma wore me long clothes

So that people would not think that they were beating me

Nearly lost my fingers

While playing with a sliding window

Just a careless and hyperactive boy

Yet I grew up to be calm and quiet

As harmless as a dove

Enjoying a quiet life

And planning his goals of life

Enjoying my ordinary and simple life

I find happiness in many things

Sometimes by watching the sea,

Sometimes by drinking a hot or a cold coffee,

Sometimes by drinking with some friends

Or sometimes by just watching films

I am a man of complexity

Full of intelligence, emotion, smart as Einstein, or Tesla

But the one creating nothing.

Emotional as Ferhat in ‘’Ferhat and Şirin’’

But the one doesn’t drill a mountain.

Only fear that I got

Is getting bitten by a rooster

Only joy that I got

Is drinking some cocktails

Or sometimes a plain whiskey.

Yet now in my life,

I am far away from my home city,

In a different place,

In a time that I don’t earn money,

In a time that I think it’s null.

I am a student in Antalya,

I go to school in weekdays,

And sometimes I travel at weekends.

I study at nights when there is no loud

And I watch series in my spare times,

And I go jogging in the evenings

Yet I have had enough of this life

And now my only wish is to finish school

And get a job

So that I can start establishing my life.

Before it is too late

It’s time to stop being idle,

And spending money for school,

It is time to earn my life

Build a life through my own wishes,

By having a step towards my future.