If it is a poem
I leave it alone
To write itself down
If it is a poem
It knows its way
I help, of course
It is broadminded
But it is better
To not argue with a poem
In the morning
I kiss her eyes
Like a mother kisses her child
And I listen
If her song is strong
And touching
From “If it Is a Poem” [Ako e stih], 2022
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