ITS NAME IS LIFE …

You falter,

Longing bears the weight of pain…

Yet Love—eternal—soothes the strain,

As solace knocks upon your door,

And joy leaves traces on your shore.

Its name is Life:

Victory waltzes

With sorrow and bliss in fleeting embraces.

Ruins of your heart, once lost in despair,

Find comfort in moments of hope laid bare…

Like a bird, you spread your wings,

Within, transformation sings.

You rise, embrace purity’s grace,

Unshaken—Freedom echoes in space!

As if all your dreams take flight,

Drifting like clouds so white,

Until Spring’s flowers kneel in delight,

Greeting you with colors bright…

Shamsiya Khudoynazarova Turumovna (February 15, 1973) was born in Uzbekistan. Studied at the Faculty of Journalism of Tashkent State University (1992-1998). She took first place in the competition of young republican poets (1999). Four collections of poems have been published in Uzbekistan: “Leaf of the Heart” (1998), “Roads to You” (1998), “The Sky in My Chest” (2007), “Lovely Melodies” (2013). She wrote poetry in more than ten genres. She translated some Russian and Turkish poets into Uzbek, as well as a book by YunusEmro. She lived as a political immigrant with her family for five years in Turkey.