Sunset on the Bosporus

sunset on the Bosporus
the walls of Constantinople
red in the twilight

sunset on the Bosporus
an embracing maghrib
echoes off the banks

sunset on the Bosporus
in cosy melancholy
the day winds down

sunset on the Bosporus
history floats lightly
on the purling waves

sunset on the Bosporus
on the back of a ferry
night fair drawing in

sunset on the Bosporus
strangers in a row
legs dangling astern

sunset on the Bosporus
in the gloaming
the walls come tumbling down

sunset on the Bosporus
the silent weight
of shared delight

sunset on the Bosporus
in the dark
the lingering blush

sunset on the Bosporus
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