In The Well Of Desires 

In the well of desires 

our passions are traveling.

Through the echo from depths,

our longing speaks 

by touching our bodies.

The ear hears the bell of pleasure.

Sensuality spills over on 

a night full of moonlight,

twinkling stars and a gentle breeze.

Beneath the golden hairpins 

the hair is flowing,

falling down the shoulders 

und your touch to

the waterfall of the restless river.

A kiss blossoms in the lips,

first gentle, then stronger and wilder,

in our night of passion,

and the night of the full moon.

Prisoners Of Time

We are the days that go 

by gloomy, bright, cloudy.

We are long nights 

with beautiful and bad dreams.

We are the whisper of the wind 

in the green meadow.

We are songs of a bow 

pulled over the strings.

We are the trembling 

of a crouched bird left in the nest.

We are the twinkling 

of a star in the firmament.

We are prisoners who drag 

the shackles of time on our feet.

We are clenched dust

on the beaten path.

The Wind Of Life

Put your dreams aside.

Let the wind of life 

carry you, wrap you,

enter all your nooks and crannies,

ventilate the stale corners,

painlessly blow away 

the clenched dust from your soul,

to sway all tear dawn curtains,

to dry up the stream 

in your eyes after the rain.

Let the wind of life carry you,

defying the instability of everyday life,

to pave new paths 

of life to invite you

to travel together 

from reality to dreams.

NEVENKA SMAJIĆ

NEVENKA SMAJIĆ is a poet and storyteller. She was born in Senj and currently resides in Rijeka, Croatia. She published three books of poetry and contributed poems to 15 joint poetry collections.