In memory of Mehmet Aksoy

ES, 26 September 2021

 

I wanted

To be the flame

of my time

or

Part of its flame

 

I was its shadow

or

part

of its shadow

 

My time

was the time

Of fury – shadow of fury

 

My time

the time

of tyranny

shadow of tyranny

 

I wanted

to be the banner

of my time

or a shred of its banner

 

Banner

of flame

of fury

of tyranny

or its shred

or part

of its shadow

 

 

Mehmet Aksoy (24 February 1985[citation needed] – 26 September 2017), also known as Fîraz Dağ, was a British-Kurdish filmmaker and activist. Aksoy was killed while covering the battle to retake Raqqa in Northern Syria from ISIS. He was embedded with the People’s Protection Units when ISIS fighters overran a base where he was staying on 26 September 2017.[1][2]