Rear Views
Humans who
swear that
they can see
have no rear view
they cannot change direction
like a worm in its hole
cannot lead to
alternate realities
alternate futures
any alternates
alternate pasts are more common
to the blind or blinkered
piddling imagination
wishful thinking ancienne
and memory borrowed
are required
but only if moderated
consulted
and argued
through lenses
for selfy shots
ahmet cafer celebiler
otherchelebi
August 29, 2023
Expectations and Appeasements
wishes and prayers
even sacrifices
go unnoticed
or get dismissed
when hunger imminent
and
unintended
seeks
nay,
demands
amends
and settlement
pulse and pressure
nomore
a rhythm of
poise and pleasure
ahmet c. celebiler
25 August, 2023
Appraising Subjective Values
I learned
at a very early age
to appraise values
of people
and things
even people as things
or
things as people
by their use
to me
obviously
but
also to themselves
and each other
although
things are not aware
of their values
to each other
and people replace
their own values
with recorded
and booked
values
believing
that books of charts
to be consulted
and wise men
and not so wise men
tell
depreciation ratios
to
believers
and even apply them
to unbelievers
It is a time and space game
of accounts and records curved
and very gravitational
radiating particles
which
make up few
or many
as the case may be
or
seems to be
Ahmet Cafer Celebiler
August 16, 2023
DOORS IN MY HOME
All the white doors
must be painted
matching hues of hopes
of adventures
mysteries
in spaces beyond
escapes and escapades
expectations of else
new and diferent
than life lived
in spaces of times lived
no more white doors
already one yellow and one blue
not yet dry
so far same spaces
behind
even for the tired mind
yet
when all different coulours are there
there will be hope of
special places
uncharted
weak-eye awakening
and
achy-leg stretching
for wondering
all new wonderings
of all the colours
and hues
Ahme Cafer Celebiler
August 14, 2023
Sitting
a rocky mountain bear
or
an indian holy
but
not waiting
not blest
yet
aware
of mountain cold and indian spice
Ahmet C. Celebiler
August 8, 2023
GRAND CHILDREN
I stay calm
hiding feelings alien
appearing halcyon
thinking thoughts unknown
not hoping for signs
nor signatures
but manifestations
of love and fun
and relevance
in the bounces
and sleeps and the wonders
discovered
and rediscovered
by children
and theirs
all mine
not at all removed
to be watched
near or far
through space
and time
and thought
and dream
and life
Ahmet Cafer Celebiler August 7, 2023
