Khang-Loon Ho
Mediterranean waves crashing against the reefs,
The sea surface floating with the hues of sunset,
The seaside mosque, Shrouded behind coconut trees,
Radiates purplish-blue afterglow.
The wind carries the warm air,
Laden with the scents and sounds of Turkey,
Guiding me towards the ocean,
Exploring the vistas of flight,
And the visions beyond the horizons.
This realm is filled with history and myth,
The mottled and scattered relics of civilization,
Each ruin reveals the helplessness of rise and fall,
Every reef echoes the traces of bygone days,
Each floating cloud casts the shadows of interwoven human events.
In this boundless foreign land,
History overlaps with history,
Myth intertwines with myth,
All irreversible endings,
Wave after wave,
Float and drift in the evening sea.
As dusk falls,
I suddenly realize,
The cyclical nature is the essence of civilization's evolution,
Everything is decomposing and reorganizing,
Everything is collapsing and merging,
We are all mere travelers in this vast world,
Sometimes feeling lost in the complexity and solitude,
But those ripples in our emotions,
Have they left any traces in life?
The distant reflections of sunset glow,
The boats by the sea,
Rising and falling with the waves, serene and tranquil,
I pull my thoughts back,
Returning to ancient Anatolia, Heading west tomorrow,
Towards the Aegean Sea,
Extending another distant vision,
Interwoven with myths and legends of millennia.
** Mersin, located in southeastern Turkey, is a port city on the Mediterranean Sea, opposite Alexandria in Egypt. The nearby ancient city of Tarsus is where Roman general Marcus Antonius and Egyptian queen Cleopatra met in 41 BC. Tarsus is also the birthplace of St. Paul, the apostle from the New Testament.
** Turkey spans two continents, Europe and Asia. The majority of the country is located in Asia, known as Anatolia (Asia Minor). The part located in Europe is known as Thrace.
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