“In the mirror of Chaussée d’Haecht” Kader Sevinç at the international poetry event Passages
“In the mirror of Chaussée d’Haecht” Kader Sevinç at the international poetry event Passages – Kader Sevinç Youtube Channel
“In the mirror of Chaussée d’Haecht” Kader Sevinç
behind the solitude of darkness
strolling through Schaerbeek at night
blind and unwritten
looking inside
men-only cafes
segregated between Turks from Emirdağ and the Balkans
we’re on the ship of an unknown nightmare
leaving from our ghettos by dark
my words can’t migrate to your heart
a distinct TV echoes
“the world’s biggest jailer of journalists”
this is my home
shouted at shadows
“stop this madness”
no one heard
but Brussels’ crows
tram 92 runs through stereotypes
nothing heals migrant wounds
scarred languages
here no stray dogs to walk along with
night is almost asleep
no open bakkals or pide restaurants
a friend from a distance
whispers sorrow
“Nuriye and Semih are in hunger-strike and
ask their jobs back,
nothing more”
silence is like a suicidal flame
fuelled by mistrust
the wind is sweeping the sidewalks
night is now ready to be torn apart
a bloody witch-hunt
the grass of persuasion is on the move
multiply our desolation
hayır! hayır! no more consolation!
Europe’s ballads
taste of regrets
mourning our old dream
as it is still glowing
your political hypocrisy pours down on my beautiful home
as blood and tears
words are now made of ash
Chaussée de Haecht swallows
time and deception
Brussels