10/14/2018
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Soulmate
I was tired, sat down in a café. The area was deserted and quiet, away from the hustle and bustle of Istanbul's shopping streets. A young woman came to my table, wearing dresses made of very fine black fabric, probably silk. Floating, as it were, she first moved towards me, but then away from me again. She was accompanied by a strong scent of saffron. Somehow I had the impression that I had seen her before, but maybe it was just the smell of saffron that made her seem so familiar. In the meantime she had already moved too far away from me. Unable to move at all, I froze - had I dreamed or was I awake? I looked in my memory.
The café suddenly filled up, the owner placed a vase with a bouquet of deep red roses on my shaky table and smiled at me. I stretched out in the sun, involuntarily burying my nose in the flowers and opening my lips. The roses smelled so delicious.
I don't know how much time wasted that way. Finally I got up and went to the bar to pay for my mocha. Or rather: I did not go, but I floated like that young woman in black robes. Mechanically I put a banknote on the brass plate in front of it and walked into town. When I came to, I noticed that I was in front of the Blue Mosque. It began to dawn.
I had tried to escape from myself far away. But now I had arrived.
The café suddenly filled up, the owner placed a vase with a bouquet of deep red roses on my shaky table and smiled at me. I stretched out in the sun, involuntarily burying my nose in the flowers and opening my lips. The roses smelled so delicious.
I don't know how much time wasted that way. Finally I got up and went to the bar to pay for my mocha. Or rather: I did not go, but I floated like that young woman in black robes. Mechanically I put a banknote on the brass plate in front of it and walked into town. When I came to, I noticed that I was in front of the Blue Mosque. It began to dawn.
I had tried to escape from myself far away. But now I had arrived.
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