Short Poem Poem by Bulent Ontas

Short Poem

I wrote poems to all beautiful women
I couldn't write to you.
and I wrote it in initials.
for a long, long time.
I broke the back of my pen and wrote
I couldn't write a poem for you
yesterday evening
I couldn't write to you.
You were both untimely.
And you were impossible
and short.
I could not write long in a short time
There were yellow cats among us.
auburn cats
ungrateful cats
The truth is, I couldn't write you a poem.
It's been a long time since I started writing my own poetry.
I've been writing only my own poems for a long time.
only my own poetry
Now
I don't know what to tell you.
Everything was short.
everything was shrinking
and they gave you a short name
three letters
I don't know which letter to write.
It was over before it started.
Everything was short and over.
Do you know what your only misfortune is?
I've always avoided three letters.
So they wouldn't write my fate...

Bülent ÖNTAŞ
02.08.2019