He called rice “chawal,”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg3IUgKH5n
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and I called it “pilav.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZyvjvq45N
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We laughed over the same food10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2qLWZovL7
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and yet, it tasted different in our stories.
Our languages danced with different rhythms—10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDxhFagEit
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his soft “jaan”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nJK4SBGcD
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met my warm “canım.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXLikg2Iyn
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Sometimes we didn’t understand each other’s words,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1glsaSHci
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but we always understood the meaning.
He grew up with different gods,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxvQP4l4Xg
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different songs,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7hzVAFfkS
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different stars.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7MwMgbB37
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And yet—10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52Xx9s7gTu
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he looked at the moon the same way I did.
We argued over spices,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82OgeVRRiL
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he liked it hotter,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmupyYXnpxW
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I preferred mild.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3HpClBx56
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But somehow,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOnof4qHIZ
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our hearts were always perfectly seasoned.
There were things I couldn’t explain—10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgL0w4ApaTR
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like the way my grandmother’s tea felt like home,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraNio2s1f5
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or how Turkish poems hold sadness like silk.
And there were things he showed me—10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJgl5jttGa
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his music,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDb2M8J3Uo
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his colors,10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y70wFHjA0
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his way of praying with silence.
We were different.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnawjDHu3H
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So different.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBUEVyT6Ce
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But every difference became a discovery.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68xCi8pw6K
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A chance to love not just him—10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7OFz9eRcJ
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but the world he came from.
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Love didn’t ask us to be the same.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1z7r2CQCC
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It asked us to be curious—10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoxtFDgVmo
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and to find home in each other’s worlds.
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