I'm Fighting

 I fight the storm of life,

 I don't let her blows break me

 I know I'm stronger than her

 I have already defeated all defeats...

I don't let the wind hurt me

with his power throw to the bottom,

while the branches slap me violently,

and the cold air travels through me,

I resist, I bite and I don't allow 

his power to be more powerful than me.

 Alone, but not weak,

 I cast a longing glance towards the gloomy clouds, 

 who tower over me

 but I don't let them cover the sun in my heart 

 with the will to live I defeat them and greet them,

 as they sadly leave.

 They tried to wound me, but wounds are my strength,

 they tried to trample me but my will defeat them,

 they wanted to see me at the bottom

 but the bottom was running away from me. 

 These are people, those who don't recognize well,

 they already glorify evil,

 those who are defeated

 because they wanted to defeat.

 And life is tricky,

 his hand reaches everyone

 regardless of the distance...

 And I love him

 he is not always merciful

 but I appreciate his rougher side...

 I appreciate it because it made me stronger,

 and turned my fear into strength!

 I don't let myself be defeated,

 I don't let myself be broken

 I walk the paths of life,

 for my resolve will not fade,

 what I carry inside me is my wealth!

Scars Of Victory

 I too once felt the bottom of life, 

 how he hugs me and pulls me to him,

 but I rose up wearing a crown,

 the crown of a lioness whose strength reached the very top.

 I once felt fear too,

 I didn't run away from him, I accepted him,

 realizing that life without fear

 it would not be so meaningful and have its own purpose.

 Many times I lost my breath,

 fighting the waves of life, 

 so heavy that they tried to drown me 

 but their failure was my victory.

 I didn't let the darkness go out

 the light of my soul,

 I did not allow weakness 

 to break my strength,

 I didn't allow myself to look for myself

 I lose my sense of existence.

 True, I got lost a couple of times,

 but I found myself even stronger,

 struggling with the shackles of pain,

 I was glowing with the flame of life.

 I burned, I didn't burn, 

 I was surrounded by rocks, 

 encountered stumbling blocks

 but giving up was not my choice.

 Traces of my struggle remained somewhere behind,

 in past times,

 whoever travels my ways will see them,

 and only then will he be able to say:

 "Eh, yes, there used to be her,

 a woman followed by defeats

 but not defeated!"

 And today I wear my scars with pride,

 because in their tracks 

 I found myself. 

My Slavonia, My Homeland

 Although the distances separate us, they are my homeland,

 you exist in my heart forever, know

 maybe I'm somewhere else now

 but when I left your plains, it was not a farewell for me.

 Your beauty departs from golden fields,

 it is permanent and does not pass,

 I keep you in my soul, my Slavonia,

 all your meadows and your grain fields.

 Distances are nothing when true love is there,

 when memories of childhood remain in the memory,

 and it never falls into oblivion, no,

 what is worth does not disappear from the heart.

 I will come to you again one day,

 when the morning dawns, 

 and I'll hug every corner of you,

 My Slavonia, my homeland.

 There is nothing like your beautiful plains,

 that put a smile on many faces,

 who has not met Slavonija,

 he doesn't know what secrets she hides.

 Peace, small modest villages,

 children's faces joyful and cheerful,

 and the calloused hands of one who wakes up at dawn,

 because hard-working, hard-working people live in my homeland.

 My Slavonia, be good to me, 

 may you be protected by worthy people,

 there is little smell like from my area,

 I will fly again, eager for your hug.

DANIJELA ĆUK

DANIJELA ĆUK: Autor's name is Danijela Ćuk. She was born on May 25, 1989. in Vukovar with residence in Rijeka (Croatia). She writes poetry, so far she has published two independent collections of poetry and participated in 20 joint collections. She graduated from high school for tourism. With her poetry, she advocates for peace in the world.