mother's promise, Öykü Akın
corruption of the bone stings in mere discomfort, no great pain
you will disappear before the sharpest moment, feel no ache
the weight deserts to inhabit the earth, serene to bathe in decay
lungs collapse with an air of relief, sinks the struggle to breathe
disintegration befalls the body at the end, the skin rots only after
you won’t be there to see it, your pupils will have already melted
the tendons rip in a violent shiver, but you will never tremble
i will wrap you in a blanket and throw you into the fire
Öykü Akın is an undergraduate student in Boğaziçi University and an emerging bilingual writer residing in Istanbul. She can be found writing micro fiction and poetry or working on her fantasy novel.