I LOVED YOU OPENLY, NOT IN SECRET

Ali Baba Karakaş – 03 Ocak 2026


If one day someone asks about me,
Don’t ever say you left me — please.
Don’t say you forgot the color of my eyes.
Say they were black, hazel, green — or any color at all.

Please, my beloved—
Don’t tell a soul you forgot me.
If I hear you looked at someone
The way you once looked at me, I will break.

I would drown in sorrow and fire,
So take care of your heart—for my sake.
My heart still lingers inside yours,
And if you wear that blue dress, I’ll burn again.

To your untimely and senseless leaving—
I drink the ache like tea each day.
Your untimely leaving left my soul unwhole,
Each day turned to night — daylight faded from me.

After you left, my eyes kept chasing you.
Please don’t say I forgot the stars.
You forgot me — but I stayed in thoughts of you.
Even Alibaba couldn’t tell you how much I loved you.