Ezel — Dizisi

Silence. The rain intensifies.

What’s under the sheet?

(tears falling) I was 22. And I was a coward. I am not asking for forgiveness. I am asking you to stop being Ezel and remember you were once Ömer. A man who loved without calculation. ezel dizisi

(without turning) You used to knock. Seven years ago. Before you pushed the knife.

It’s empty.

(alone) You didn’t erase me. You just painted me invisible.

And did you survive? Or did you just build a bigger cage and call it strength? Silence

Because Cengiz was just the symptom. You were the disease.

The sound of rain hammers on corrugated iron. EZEL stands perfectly still, staring at a chessboard. On each black square sits a small, melted toy soldier. On each white square, a single red rose petal. (tears falling) I was 22

Do you know the difference between us, Eyşan? You play chess to win. I play chess to remind myself why I should not forgive.

She opens her arms. He lifts a small sculpture from the table – a twisted metal angel with one wing.