Poem - Where Are You Going? Poetess - Caroline Laurent Turunc

 

About the Poetess: Caroline Laurent Turunc is from Antakya, Turkey, from Arab origin, she is the daughter of a family of nine children.
She has a sociology degree and has written over 1500 poems since 2013, received many certificates from abroad, and participated in nearly 60 local and foreign anthologies.

Her poems are still published in many international journals and websites.

She is writing a novel that she is about to finish.  She published two collections of poems, "Between the Orient and the North" and "Desert Lily".
She came second among 2575 poets from each country at the world literature championship held in Romania.
She won an award at the eighth spring poetry festival held in the town of Yan, China, causing it to be selected for the "World Poet Literary Museum" commissioned by the Silk Road Cultural Center of Northwest University of China.
She was also a member of the jury of the Galaxia International Prize for Unpublished Poetry, 2021 edition in Chile.

She is a columnist for Basken Haber Ankara Newspaper.
She is a columnist for ÖZGÜR İFADE Istanbul Newspaper.
Azerbaijan Confederation of Independent Writers "AUTHORS" JOURNAL Permanent representative of France -21.08.2021.
2022-Ambassador FOR PEACE International university Diplomatic mission free citizen Association and independent in France

The Ambassador of the International cultural salon Association creative visions in Tunis

2020-Ambassador of Morocco of IFCH in Turkey
2021-Organizing committee member in Writers capital international foundation
She is one of the top 10 winners in the poetry category of the Naji Naaman Literary Awards 2021 held every year in Lebanon
literary competition with her poem titled Fairuza's body.
2022-Executive Director and Humanitarian Peace Leader France on behalf of Institute of International Peace Leaders, an international institute and think tank on Peace, SDGs, Human Rights and Climate Change.

George Onsy-Egypt
Founding president
RRM3 International
RRM3- RINASCIMENTO-RENAISSANCE Millennium III
Caroline Laurent Turunc
“Together for the Future of Europe - Together with Europe for the World”
European representative-2022
She was among the best in the poetry and prose category of Nosside la poesia global 2023, held in Italy with the participation of poets and writers from 169 countries of the world, in the tenth category with her poem "You are gone, I am gone ".
2016-Paris representative of the international foundation u.t.e.f., a Turkey-based Humanitarian Aid organization
Currently she lives in Paris, France.

Where Are You Going?
Caroline Laurent Turunc

You stole all my dreams without thinking about what would happen, where are you going?
If you go, do you think the sun will rise without you?
Do you think those who follow those who left will find those who left?
Where are you going, leaving me alone?
What is this rush when there are so many things inside me that I haven't shared with you?
What is it that scares you in this house, I beg you, what is real?
You melted my heart like a momentary slice of time, please calm down and think about what could happen after you are gone
I will no longer be spring
I will no longer be soil
I will no longer bloom
There will be no more wind
There will be no more rain
There will be no more tiny sparrows on the branches of the trees deep in the ditch
The wind of the harsh nights will blow with all its might
The birds in exile will build their nests right above my room door
On the shore, from the edge of the night, every daylight will turn into a terrible, merciless time
Please, please think logically, do not let my hands get used to the unknown
Do not let my wounds whisper into my ear with the brave wind
The sun that hits my face like a healing hand, I beg you, tell me the whole truth clearly.
Will I no longer be able to lean on the purple velvet where the lamplight basks?
Will I be like the coldest country beyond the seas?
Look, I have already started to flow towards the secret rivers
Without questioning the thousands of years that have passed
I am flowing sacrificing what is most important to you”
Remember the day I first came to you,
I had collected the fruits of my gushing rains with my hands
And just like the day I first came to you, while collecting the fruits of my rains with my hands,
Remember that I promised to give you the most magical love in birth, life, death and immortality
Despite all the unknowns and difficulties, I had planted the color of each seed with love,
When the time comes, the seeds I planted will grow and fertilize, spread from century to century, struggle with every difficulty, new loves will be born and grow.
I beg you, do not dream of distant lands
Let the green leaves not fade like the yellow leaves
Let the bright flames light up the world with a bright blaze in the forests of the night
Whenever the stars throw their spears
Let the gray clouds water the sky
Let no green leaf hang from the bushes that are tangled by the sad winds
Let all who dare to breathe with difficulty or are afraid to sneeze breathe freely.