mev

About me:

I've learned some things from having lived: If you're alive, experience one thing with all your power Your beloved should be worn out from being kissed And you should drop exhausted from the smelling of a flower A person can gaze at the sky for hours Can gaze for hours at a bird, a child, the sea To live on the earth is to become part of it To strike down roots that won't pull free If you cling to anything, tightly hold a friend Fight for something with every muscle, whole body, all your passion And if you lay yourself for a time on the warm beach Let yourself rest like a grain of sand, a leaf, a stone To your utmost, listen to every beautiful song As though filling all the self with sound and melody One should plunge head-first into life As one dives from a cliff into the emerald sea Distant lands should draw you, people you don't know To read every book, know other's lives, you should be burning You shouldn't exchange for anything the pleasure of a glass of water No matter how much the joy, your life should be filled with yearning You should know sorrow, honorably, with all your being Because the pains, like joys, make a person grow Your blood should mingle in the great circulation of life And in your veins life's endless fresh blood should flow I've learned some things from having lived: If you're alive, experience largely, merge with rivers, heavens, cosmos For what we call living is a gift given to life And life is a gift bestowed upon us.. ATAOL BEHRAMOGLU