I Love You
by Nâzım Hikmet
I love you
like dipping bread into salt and eating
Like waking up at night with high fever
and drinking water, with the tap in my mouth
Like unwrapping the heavy box from the postman
with no clue what it is
fluttering, happy, doubtful
I love you
like flying over the sea in a plane for the first time
Like something moves inside me
when it gets dark softly in Istanbul
I love you
Like thanking God that we live.
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For Nâzım Hikmet’s poem “Things I Didn’t Know I Loved,” and a brief note about someone with a tremendous love for life, for people, for art, go to https://intrinsicheart.com/things-i-didnt-know-i-loved/
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Sky Photo: Turkish Sky, by Engin Akyurt on Unsplash
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