Dr. Adnan Bozan 

I loved you despite the pain and wounds, despite the blade that fate plunged into my chest time and again, and despite the scars left by life's disappointments. You were—and still are—the light that slips through the cracks of my soul, mending what was shattered and bringing warmth to my being whenever the frost of loneliness envelops me. You were the miracle that shook my certainty that love does not visit wounded hearts; rather, you were the most beautiful proof that even scorched earth can bloom again. I loved you despite the narrow-mindedness of society, despite the tongues that weave stories with a thousand faces, and despite the eyes that watch our fall as if we are a crime awaiting condemnation. I paid no heed to their outdated rules nor to their cold standards that fail to grasp the meaning of melting into the fire of love. You were the exception to every rule, a soul that could not be caged by tradition. You were spring in a time when rivers had dried up, my song in a city that did not love music. I loved you despite exile and estrangement, despite the cities I crossed carrying a heavy suitcase filled with memories and longing, despite the streets I walked alone, whispering your name to myself like a charm protecting me from getting lost. You were the homeland I inhabited before I even set foot in it, the exile that turned the cold of foreign lands into a warmth unlike any other. You were the nostalgia that made me return even without ever leaving, and the story I told myself every evening, smiling despite the exhaustion of the days and the distance stretching between us. I loved you despite the changing tides of time, despite the long nights that stormed through our lives like fierce winds, threatening to uproot us. I loved you despite the silence that choked the words between us, despite the longing that filled the empty rooms, despite the fear whispering in my ear that love is sometimes not enough, and despite my belief that our love was the only exception. I loved you because you were the beginning I never planned for, the fate I never resisted, and the refuge I return to whenever I lose my way. I loved you despite everything, and I will love you even if everything happens all over again.

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