THE FOLLOWING POEM WAS SELECTED IN WINGWORD POETRY PRIZE 2023 LONGLIST.

As the blanket of the splendid sky spread itself wide

you appear round and blue;

so sound and still

with haunting handsomeness

and never exhausting awesomeness.

Although stowed millions of miles away

still can feel your amazing aura all around;

Calmness of a dark night,

Brightness of a sunny morning,

Coolness of a rainy evening,

Warmness of a winter noon,

yet mysteriousness of a mighty ocean

all enclosed within you.

Clouds may tease and hide you from me,

Stars might taunt for their closeness with you

but as love conquers all,it will find its way;

it lets to climb those invincible ladders,

fly through whirling winds

and survive the inhuman space.

Dear unannounced knight of the infinite sky

reigning the unchartered territories!

the distant you are,

the desperate am;

the dreamier the desire may seem,

the deeper it grew.

Love you to the moon and back;

May be will meet you in person one day!