Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Ivana

    Pojavila se, zastala samo.
    U trenu rekla pozdrava rijeci.
    Kao prolaznik, iduci tamo
    Gdje samoca moze bol da izlijeci.
    Pet godina si u tamnici uma
    Trazila boli, misli da stanu
    U olujnoj noci pritisak hladni
    S’tobom je cekao snove da padnu.
   
    Bjezis,
    A ne znas kome ni kuda.
    Trazis
    Dok ruke hladnocu grle
    Ivana, shvati-Prokletstvo svuda
    Kud krenes pratice
    Inteligentnost
    Misao luda
    Gdje god da tvoje misli pohrle.
   
    I sanjao sam
    Mislis-Nisam u pravu.
    U nevjerici guzvajuci rukav
    Kao luda.
    Rekla si glasom parajuci tamu:
    “Samo da znate-
    Ja ne znam kuda!
   
    Sjeti se-Proslost
    Bez buducnosti stoji
    Sutrasnji dan bez juce mi svice
    Sanjam ulicu I mir sa kojim
    Nekada jedno bilo je bice”.
    Ja zelim da odem lagano u snu,
    i to ukratko sve bilo bi
    Cekaj!
    Zar ima snova na dnu?
    -Djecijeg placa zeljni smo svi.
   
    I ti dok prikovana za zemlju
    Sanjas krila-
    Suze sto lijes potresaju tlo.
    Ivana,
    Zamisli kako ulica pusta bi bila
    Da praznoca hoda
    Stopama tvojim
    I zlo
    Dok sunce sneno umire
    I uzas nosi mislima mojim.

    Sto nam je dato uzmi.
    Napravi najbolje s’tim sto umijes.
    Zatvori oci i pogledaj:
    Ti znas.
    Ti smijes!
    Bar ti razumijes.
    Razlog ce doci.
    Ivana, ne daj
    One na koje ko' sunce
    Grijes.
   
2001

Inferno

Shadows of doubt are looming
Deep, within darkness of soul
Who can put out the heart that is burning?
And turn it not into the lifeless stone.

The brigades of firemen are waiting
But they cannot wait for much longer
The flames overtaking
With each second they grow stronger

Who has been playing with fire?
Forces we cannot control
Who colossal love and admire
Has turned into the darkest hole?

Trapped in the inferno rising
With smell of your own burning skin.
To me is all but surprising!
Now scream and running begin.

But wait for another second
Clouds are bringing the storm
No firemen will be needed
When Almighty starts to perform.

With each drop the flames are choking
My soul is parting away
The rubble of what heart was, still smoking
As I whisper, finally pray

What good was the honesty, dear Lord?
When only ashes it brought
And all those battles I once fought
for something that can't be restored.
Pull yourself out of my ruins
Now you can find your own peace
Fighting the odds and desire
In fire my heart has deceased.

2007

Dah Proslosti

U ljetnje vece ko sudbina dodje.
Nikad daleko nisi ni bila.
Glas tudji bure u srcu dize.
Orkani ptici pod laka krila.

Besane noci ubijedih sebe
da godine bijehu tren oka samo
ruzan san na tren sto sam usnio,
sto osjecam priznati ja nisam smio.

O, kako dodje, misli mi gore.
Sve jedna drugu bujicom nosi.
I grudi stezu dok misli more
nespremno srce pred sobom kosi.

Ah, oci drage u vama trazih
proslih vremena, ljubavi sjaj.
Pogledaj me i barem na tren mi dozvoli
da gorim tako, u proslosti daj.

A mislih vrijeme jace bi bilo,
prejako mozda i za nas dvoje.
Sad, kad te vidim jedino zelim
da usne moje s'tvojim se spoje.

Kazes dobro si, dobro ti ide.
Na rukama ja bih tebe da nosim.
Sve sto si blize, jaca je zelja.
Na koljena!
Za ljubav ja cu da prosim.

Ne zamjeri mi, dugo je zrilo
u srcu ludom, varljivom mom.
Ne cudi se. Nekad u rusevini
psi lutalice
pronadju
dom.

Kako smo nekad mi mladi bili.
Buducnost tiho sisla je s'dlana.
I bore strasne starackim licem
vuku se sjetnom prasinom dana.

Vrijeme nas gazi, staracko tijelo.
Al srce isto uvijek ostaje.
Bezbroj ce nesanih noci proteci.
Dusa ce vijerna tebi da istraje.

Kako me stize, da suzu pustih.
Lice na suze naviklo nije.
Iz kamenog srca i nijemih usti
kako da opet pjesma se vije?

Ne okreci se kada od mene podjes.
Pusti da stranac ostanem samo
kad ne da djavo, slijepa daljina
da srce jedno drugome damo.

Ostani lijepa ko' zvijezda sjajna.
Stih ovaj nek' te nadje u miru.
Ljubavi nove sutra ce doci,
al' kad ce i kako stare
da umiru?

2006

If It Weren't For You

    Sad revelation I've dreamed of tonight
    In darkness of my timid, cold room:
    World without you just happened for a moment
    Shadow of doubt had started to bloom.
    Who'll understand it? Whom would I tell it?
    Who's left here for me? What should I do?
    My aimless wandering somehow to stop
    who could ever do it, if it weren't for you?
   
    When day again melts into defeat
    And hour after hour is ticking away
    "It will be better", You come and say
    Cast away sadness and with me stay.
    Give me your hand, put up on my feet
    Show me your smile, warm like a truth
    Faith and courage for new tomorrow
    Who'd give it back to me, if it weren't for you.
   
    At times happiness streams down our faces
    And from your lips song starts to flow
    Dreams become ever so real
    Spring evening with you peacefully glow.
    Most beautiful things of all the world
    And sky forever to remain blue
    Holy love always to be by your side
    Whom could I wish to, if it weren't for you?
   
    So many things we have done together
    Happiness and sadness we've felt the taste
    Witnessed many beautiful mornings
    Not single moment with you was a waste
    Don't worry, realize: for friend of mine
    I will do even what's not allowed
    As long as the last wish has not come true
    Who friend would be if it weren't for you?
   
    Get up, move, and brave you stay
    Rough roads of life walk with no fear
    Let the Earth crumble, let people know
    When fearless walks, how does it feel.
    And even when you think:"Oh,it's not easy"
    Let heart beat mighty and tell the truth.
    Who'd make this gray, sad world look better?
    No one and never, if it weren't for you.
   
2001

Da Tebe Nije

    Zlo otkrovenje nocas sam snio
    U tami moje ledene sobe
    Svijet bez tebe je za trenutak bio
    Ja sumnjat' poceh' u svoje borbe.
    Ko ce ih shvatit'? Kome ih reci?
    Ko je ostao da ih razumije?
    Besciljna lutanja moja da sprijeci,
    ko mogao bi - Da tebe nije.

    Kad dan se stopi u poraz jos jedan
    I cas za casom u prazno kuca
    Dodjes i kazes da bolje bice
    otjeras tugu dalje od srca
    Pruzis mi ruku, dignes na noge
    Podaris osmijeh ko sunce sto grije
    Vjeru i hrabrost za novo sutra
    Ko vratio bi - Da tebe nije.

    Sreca kad nasim licima plovi
    S'usana tvojih pjesma potece
    U javu kada prerastu snovi
    Zelja obasja pospano vece.
    Najljepse stvari cijeloga svijeta...
    Sunce da nikad niko ne skrije
    Da prate te radost i ljubav sveta,
    Kom' zelio bih - Da tebe nije.

    Mnogo smo toga na putu prosli
    radosti, tuga ukus osjetili
    Jutrima mnogim svjedoci bili
    I tajne nase s'njima dijelili.
    Ne boj se, shvati, za prijatelja
    radimo cak i sto se ne smije
    Sve dok se zadnja ne ostvari zelja.
    Ko drug bi bio - Da tebe nije.

    Ustani, kreni, i hrabra budi
    Zivota pute bez straha gazi.
    Zemlja nek drhti, nek' znaju ljudi
    Kad tvoja noga svijetom prolazi.
    I kad pomislis: "Nije mi lako."
    Srce nek gromko u grudima bije.
    Ko svijet ovaj sivi krasio bi tako?
    Niko i nikad - Da tebe nije.
                                                                                                               
2001

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Nadcovjek

    Pozelio sam danas
    Mozda cak I prije.
    Ne znam.
    Nisam vise ni siguran
    kada nesto pozelim
    Da li ja stvarno to zelim
    Il mozda sve to bila je varka.
    Mozda nista.
    A nesto se tako lagano pretvara u sve
    I svasta.

    Ja letim
    U agoniji I nemogucnosti da dotaknem tlo
    Ja prelijecem svoju sjenu
    Laksi od vazduha
    Tako odvratno I nepodnosljivo lagan
    Crtajuci samo obrise po asfaltu
    Koji podsjecaju na mene
    Kada sam jednom u svoj svojoj moci
    Na putevima ostavljao svoje tragove
    Jednosmjernom ulicom
    Na putu noci.
    Koje su neki drugi ljudi
    Slijedili.
    Da nastavim...
    Pitam se da li cu moci?

    Procitao sam neke nevjerovatne rime
    Nisam mogao da ne upitam,
    Dal sad se ljudi ponose time
    cega su se ranije
    Stidjeli?
    Dal' se ponosim?
    Cime?
    Svaka misao koja prokljuca
    u mome umu brzinom munje
    raspline se
    U nevidljivu paru
    zagadjuje zrak
    Oko nas,
    U nama
    Moj um je najcrnja tamnica od svih.
    Sjecas li se pjesnikovih rijeci tih?
    Ja slutim da u njima se krije
    Ne samo istina,
    Nego sudbina.
    Dok znoj sad hladno lice mi mije.

    Po mojim zidovima tragovi stopala
    Hodao sam nocas u snu.
    Ne samo hodao,nego se u svom morfoizmu
    Stopio sa zidom dok su mi stopala
    tonula u mekanu povrsinu hladnog betona,
    prema dnu
    Po mome srcu kisa je pala.
   

    Otputovao sam rijecima do tebe
    Osjetio sam se opet hrabar
    Ali zastao sam osjetivsi
    hladnocu koja je dopirala iz tvoga daha.
    Gospode,
    Zasto ti nikada nisam mogao reci da sam te volio
    U proslom zivotu
    Prije samog boga
    Bez straha
    Jednom,
    Prije no sto je Noje
    zaplovio potopom.

    Ponekad zalim, ali vise puta
    Sam zahvalan samom sebi za samocu
    I one trenutke kada smo sami Ja,
    Ja i ti. U pukotini uma
    Dok se bezglavo stvorenje nadahnuca
    Koprca u mulju srca,
    Napokon se rodi,
    kriveci lice od bola
    Pa onda pocne trcati
    Skakati
    Lomiti se po ustajalom vazduhu
    Dok toliko ne naraste
    i napokon eksplodira
    uz zaglusujuci krik
    Prskajuci lice krvlju
    Dok sekunde otkucavaju,
    Jedan trenutak je rodjen
    I odmah je umro
    Zatim jos jedan, stvarajuci groblje
    Besmislenih trenutaka
    Protezuci se u beskraj
    U nemogucnosti da stigne
    Da dotakne
    Grob ispred sebe.
    Jos jedan stih je nasao put iz uma
    U beskraj.
    U prazno.

    Razmisljao sam o kreaciji
    I nepostojanju
    Originalnosti misli koja nam fali.
    Za mene,
    svaki je ludak originalan
    svaki bezumnik neshvacen
    Svaki originalnosti kralj.
    Samo mu nikada za to
    priznanje nismo dali.
    A originalnost cuci i krije se
    Zaklonjena,
    Neuhvatljiva,
    Nepostojeca,
    Za nas koji je oduzimamo od drugih
    I slavimo kao svoju.
    Slavimo kao neshvacenu.
    Jedinstvenu i sakrivenu.

    Bjezi!
    Prijatelju,skloni se od mene
    Ja cu svojom lakocom slomiti sve
    Principe kojima su te ucili
    I mozda
    Kad ne budes ni sanjao
    zapalicu i volju u tebi
    Da se promijenis,
    Zivis,
    Umres,
    I opet se rodis
    U jednom trenu.
    Kao ja.

    JA,JA,JA,JA
    To je sve sto sam cuo danas
    Kada sam gazio po grobovima osoba
    Koje su pale za sulude ideale
    I koje nikada nece cuti svoje JA
    Opet.
    Iznova iz usta dragih osoba.
    Krocio sam zemljom gdje sve sto bjese
    su bili samo grob do groba.
    Starica koja je plakala kraj krsta
    S'podocnjacima objesenim do poda
    Zalec za nekim od svoga roda
    Upita bijesno kriveci lice:
    Je li ti i ovo malo?!?
    Zastoj.
    Tisina.
    Da li je?
    Htio sam da povicem.
    Da riknem u bijesu,
    U svoj velicini da usi joj skrsim:
    Zeno! Ljudi!!!
    Vi sto ste prodali svoje ideale
    zamijenili ih za tudje ideje lude
    Da li bi mijesto mijenjali sa mnom
    I da umjesto vasih zalosti
    Sve jedna radost mog srca bude?
    Dal' bi slavili ili me kleli
    Za svo prokletstvo sto sobom nosim?
    Dok dusu za dusom
    na putu slave
    nemilosrdno pred sobom kosim?

    Mislite li: ta meni je lako?
    Jos niste najstrasniju
    scenu vidjeli.
    Jeste li?
    Lice moje,
    Taj kamen hladni,
    kada sam ja potpuno miran.
    Nepostojeci
    Kao puls pokojnika koje oplakujete
    I onda ne samo da cujem
    Nego osjecam:
    JA! JA! JA! JA!
    Meni je malo.
    Da!
    Meni je suvise malo.
    Cudoviste se otima iz moje unutrasnjosti.
    A JA vas gledam ocima djeteta.
    Nevino,
    I spremno za zlocin.

    Misli-one su najvece blago
    za onog koji ih zna koristiti
    I najveca kazna za onog koji
    jedino misli da ne zna kako.
    Suzdrzavam se,
    Borim se ostati svjestan
    Svog okruzenja
    I ne puci pred tim prizorom
    Ignorantnosti.
    Trazim,
    Nalazim,
    Ali ne uspijevam
    da sacuvam.
    Misao...
    Najbolje dolazi sa samocom
    I jutarnjom kafom
    Uz sivilo dima cigarete
    koja para pluca.
    Sa novim danom
    I novim pocetkom
    Ja nastavljam,
    Kao i svi mi
    Nove pocetke
    Vezujuci ih
    Na nase nezavrsene krajeve

    I plakao bih, da samo mogu
    sa svakom suzom bol bice manja.
    Lagao sve do besvijesti ljude:
    neprijatelja i brata svog.
    Skoncao zlocin, prokletstvo znanja.
    Al ne da mi djavo,
    Il' neki Bog.

    2001
    

Superman

    I made a wish today.
    Perhaps even before.
    I am not certain,
    Not anymore.
    When my soul longs for something
    Weather desire was heart-bottom truth
    Or just another illusion had happened
    To me…
    Just like you did.
    Yes, a lot like you.

    I fly.
    In agony, unable to touch the ground
    With my feet over my shadow,
    Reaching closed sky.
    Lighter than air.
    So disgustingly light I hardly can bear.
    Drawing silhouettes on the stones of asphalt
    That merely resemble of myself
    Once, when I’d in the peek of my might
    On one way street paved with the light
    Left clear traces, left deep scars
    Some other people once must have followed
    From deep dirt of mud to shiny throne
    Where now? – I ask.
    Will I be able once more to go on?
   
    I read some of incredible rhymes
    Could not help it, but not to ask:
    Why are we proud of all those things
    That we were ashamed of once in the past?
    Am I proud?
    Where my pride comes from?
    I’d know if moment could forever last.
    Now every thought that boils in my mind
    Disappears in a lightning moment
    Turns into vapor
    Pollutes the air
    Around us,
    Inside ourselves.
    “My mind is the darkest dungeon of all.”-
    Do you remember words of long lost poet?
    The omen reaching through hollow dreams
    Speaks of a meaning and of my means.
    Truth and destiny hidden in one place.
    I feel it, as sweat in fear
    Runs down my face.

    I sleepwalked again last night.
    Not only walked, but in my polymorphism
    Melt down with the wall, while my feet
    Sunk in soft surface, towards the bottom
    Of cold concrete.
    Rain fell over my heart.

    I traveled to you through my dreams and words
    Felt brave, reborn all over again
    But I stopped abruptly the moment I felt
    Icy knife reaching from your breath.
    Oh, God,
    Why couldn’t I ever say that I loved you
    In past life and before
    The God himself
    Once
    Before Noah sailed his way
    Through awful, rotten
    God's swamps.

    Occasionally
    I regret, but most of times
    I’m thankful to myself for the way I travel
    On this road of self, and those magic moments
    When we are alone: Just me,
    I and you, in crack of the mind
    When headless creature of inspiration
    Dances in the mud of heart
    Finally is born
    Then starts to run
    Jumping around
    Like a madman,
    Growing each second feeding on dirt
    That boils and spreads from air around.
    Until it finally overgrows
    And painfully thorn
    Explodes
    With ear piercing howling
    Squirting face with blood.
    While seconds are ticking away.
    One moment was born
    But previous died
    Then another one right after it.
    Making a graveyard of pointless moments
    Reaching eternity, reaching so far.
    Still unable to reach,
    To touch
    The grave in front of it.
    Another verse found its way out
    Another scar,
    In eternity.
    In emptiness.

    I thought about creation
    And lack of originality in our lives.
    To me, every
    Madman is original
    Insane man-big or a small one
    Misunderstood, every one-originality master
    Although we never gave him a credit.
    A thought-Not a bit.
    But originality quietly hides itself
    Untouchable,
    Non-existent
    For us, who take it away from others.
    Celebrating it as our own.
    Celebrating it as misunderstood.
    Unique and hidden
    From hungry world.

    Run away!
    Hide your self away, my friend.
    With all this lightness I’ll try to break
    Principles and laws you have learned so far
    And perhaps at the end,
    When you least expect it
    I’ll fire up the will inside you to change
    To live and to die
    And be born again.
    All in one moment-
    Just like did I.

    I, I, I, I !
    That’s all my ears have heard today
    Marching over a gloomy graves
    Of those who have fallen for silly ideals
    Of those who will never hear silent pray
    From their dearest ones, their closest ones.
    An old woman with eyes hanging to the ground
    Mourning for someone of her own kind
    Asked me, twisting her furious face:
    Is this still not enough for you???
    Pause.
    Quiet.
    Isn’t it?
    I wanted to scream,
    To rip sky with voice and all world to be
    One sword of screams:
    Woman! People!!!
    You, who have sold your own dreams
    Replaced them with someone’s foolish ideals
    Wouldn’t you rather trade place with me?
    So instead of all your bitter sorrows
    Glorious happiness of my heart to be.
    Would you celebrate or cry out in rage
    For all curses I have brought down with me
    While soul after soul is mercilessly cut
    And under my feet, in dirt, it bleeds.

    You must be thinking-It’s so easy for a man
    Still haven’t seen the most
    Terrifying scene.
    Have you?
    My face-that pale, cold stone
    When peace streams down through my open veins
    So peaceful-
    Non existing,
    Like a pulse of a dead man you’re crying for
    And then, not only that I just hear.
    In magic of glorious moment I feel:
    I! I! I! I!
    It’s too insufficient for me!
    Yes!
    So limited and so insufficient.
    The beast is roaring in rage from inside
    While I look at you all with eyes of a child
    Innocently,
    And ready for crime.

    Thoughts-they are the greatest treasure of all
    For those sophisticated enough to use them.
    And are even a greater punishment
    For those who can only soak their mind
    In idea that says: ”I don’t know how”.
    I try to stay calm
    Aware of surroundings
    Try not to blow up in front of ignorance sight.
    I look for,
    I’m finding…
    But can’t seem to keep for long time
    Thought.
    A friend that comes the best in pair with silence
    Like a guest, with morning coffee and grayness
    Of cigarette smoke.
    With every new day
    And new beginning
    I continue
    Like we all continue
    Our new beginning
    Tying it onto
    Our unfinished,
    Never ending
    Ends.

    Oh just how bitterly I want to cry!
    Each tear will wash out from my stained soul pain.
    Endlessly I would cheat people, lie-
    My foe as well as the brother of mine.
    End up the curse of my knowledge-
    That Crime.
    But devil doesn’t want to allow.
    Devil or some silly
    Miniature god.

    2001

Eternity isn't for all

Your fears,
uncomfortably living
in cemeteries under your sheets
The undead vivid reminders of hollow past
Each night they pull you down in their graves
screaming, pale like the Death,
The only thing you can ask
Is for how long this torture will last.
Clawing through past and the agony
Not turning or looking back
Digging your way out of darkness,
courage is not what you lack.
In moment, you're awake,
so start thinking.
Of another reason to get you through.
Revelation is more than comforting:
Eternity isn't for you.

His life is quiet, succumbed
To illusion he nurtured so dearly
He'll take away your pain,
your fears...
Oh, he even see it so clearly!!!
To spite himself once more
for hope your wishes to fill
But what your frail soul adorns
Is far removed from his will.
Existence changes with shadows
Different at day than at night
The future will surely come soon
and fill this meaningless plight
with pitch
black
darkness.
All his intentions won't matter
Sacrifice of blood or limb
Everlasting life will be better:
It doesn't belong to him.

Standing on verge of the abyss,
Looking on either shore
These spectacles trouble my being
Till my soul exists no more.
I cry and I thank to creator
for his generous lack of kindness,
creativity,
all encompassing blindness,
and consideration he hid
like an embarrassing mole.
All I am thankful for now is:
Eternity isn't for all.

2014