I shall lay you in the heart of Mariana Trench inside an iridescent oyster with a murky outer shell. Marbled hatchetfish on cradle watch for dolphins to lullaby, rowdy currents to soothe graciously
I shall wrap you in a serene spider nest buried on the forehead of Mount Everest may the ice sheets warm your palms may they avalanche against ill will stopping on their tracks those with sins heavier than the night wind can carry
I shall embroider you onto forgotten tales in an uncharted language pirates, giants and witches take a stance at the end of each sentence my dear, you wouldn’t believe if you heard it fairies are hand in hand with ghouls your tale is whereby eternalized.
you; ecrin fire; ecrin water; ecrin life and leaf branch and wind baby and child Ecrin we have frozen the fire and dried the water we were not a mountain or a stone or sand or the sun but eight billion Adams and Hawas every night did we pray every morning did we stone the Shaitan yet we couldn’t keep you safe from a single doom
* Ecrin: Means the God’s reward in Islamic belief. Ecrin is also the name of a baby murdered in Samsun district of Turkey in May 2019.
NOTHINGNESS
Every rebellion gives birth to its prophet.
as Allah is Akbar.
reason why each rebellion has a Jesus.
One should die while living in order not to have died for nothing.
as Allah is Ar-Rasheed,
reason why, like a rabid dog, unleashes love inside my being.
And no innocent will perish without bathing in sin.
as Allah is Al-Khaafid.
reason why, each choice leads to a hegira.
No is with wholeness Nothingness anarchy measured the of
Çağla Çinili (1992, Sakarya) is a poet and a trial lawyer practicing family and criminal law. She currently lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey. She graduated from Kocaeli University Faculty of Law in 2015, and is a current student of Sociology in Istanbul University. Her poems and stories have been published in literature magazines including Varlık, Akatalpa, Eliz Edebiyat, Babylon, Meneviş and Çevrimdışı İstanbul. Her poems explore themes around womanhood, childhood, mythology, spirituality, astrology and the occult. She’s an active member of TUBAKKOM (Turkish Bars Union Women's Legal Commission) promoting gender equality in law.