Which letters are the texture and the scent?
As much as your flesh
Which book is the language of promise and verbal consideration?
Which poem reads a finger and recognises a signature
As much as your flesh
The meaning of the stance of a letter and the sea is pallor
How could I teach you this language my love
Letters of poetry and climates are discovered on your skin
From top to bottom
How many lives have steamed away?
The letter looks at the letter
Then burns itself
Love is on your skin at all times
Thy skin is a sworn witness
Absentia and premeditation
Confession of illegal love making
Innocent and embarrassed redness on my face
You are painting inside of me
ROSE leaks on to my skin
The season is always spring.

©Günsel Djemal ELÜSTÜN 24.12.12 London