Signs by Defne Kartal

One Poem Only · Nov 10, 2025 · 2m

Signs

Defne Kartal

I don’t believe in signs but I do

I beg for them daily, and when they arrive -

A postcard, a dog, a friend, a group of musicians, a Canadian -

i don’t do what I think they’re telling me to

what are signs for?

I don’t believe and I don’t know, I don’t know, so I don’t believe

Instead, I conjure up an image of you

Walking away through the crowd,

I follow you

Eyes closed in my bed

I hold you

I look in people’s windows, says the poet

I always, always, always do

Lion-faced truth-speaker

Nothing to see, if I can’t find you

but can anyone prove to me please,

show the signs to me…