Portrait in Flesh by Zeynep Dide Cavus (Turkey, 16)

​the stones battle inside the body
water, a mirror
an artless reflection of a woman
the body is belonging by itself
our face painted in the pink of lungs
water, a mirror
where do you long to be,
before the cicadas' song
begins anew.

 


​Zeynep Dide Cavus (she/her) is a poet & fiction writer based in Istanbul, Turkey. In her writing, she explores the hidden, the mythical, and the paradisiacal. Her previous work can be found in Kissing Dynamite and The Hyacinth Review.