Only at the thought
that the sea view
is in the other side
the feeling is different...
It's like you're step up down
to an adjacent square
diagonally in
The cartographic model
on a chessboard...
And Homer had look to the sea
from this perspective, different
from the point
of view
of the conquerors
of The Troy...
From this side to the sea
much further south
have seen before
those who
bequeathed to us
the eternal sacred texts…
It is no coincidence
that the ingredients
for sacraments
are Myrrh(a) - Smyrna and Al Luban
like Myrrh(a)- Smyrna and the Lebanon/ Levant...
And that motley ethnic mix
vertically in
the stratigraphic layers
of history
and horizontally now...
In the beautiful gardens
among the heights of the city
in the form of an agora and
remains of ancient temples
you sit among soft cushions yastiklar[i]
with legs crossed in Turkish custom,
sip coffee among the deep blue,
lit by the eternal eastern sun,
sky...
You stare to the sea
and to the city...
To the city and
to the sea...
To the sea
and further to the West...
To the sea
and the Sunset,
with the self-esteem
that you will always be part
of the Sunrise
and history
from the birth of the world
as Homer once,
the biblical sages
and all people,
known and unknown
righteous and prodigals…
Prodigal, like the merchant
with raisins in the pockets
from Thomas S. Eliot's poem...
Righteous as the Apostles of Faith-
known and unknown...
Probably Constantin Fotinov too
has seen the sea on this side
when he was inspired
to publish a magazine "Любословие"[ii]...
O, Izmir!
A land of crossroads and contrasts!
Sapphire sea, olives,
fish, coffee brewed on sand,
snuff, oranges,
wine of dark grapes and figs...
... and the song for the girl from
Bornova / Μπουρνοβαλια.
[i] Yastik is a turkish word for a pillow,
very specific for Balkan languages, have
an orient connotation.
[ii] „Любословие“- “Ljuboslovie” is
a First Bulgarian magazine from first part
of 19- th Century.
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