Mediterranean Meditations-3 Poem by Gunturk Ustun

1

Dear fellow maritime enthusiasts
Let us raise our glasses
Filled with dark, aged wine
In honor of Homer's sea
A huge, legendary basin
So proud to be Mediterranean

2

Day breaks
And as it brightens, so grows
The blueness of the sea
The greenness of the sea
The turquoise of the sea

3

It's not exactly easy to believe
But with my own big railfan ears
I heard straight from the flawless
City of Paris that it might just part with
Its small yet functional Gare de Bercy
Trading its identity
As a river and railroad megalopolis
To transform into
A maritime and railway metropolis instead
I need to say it one more time
It's not exactly easy to believe

Güntürk Üstün