A Descendant Of Fire Poem by Miroslava Odalovic

what became first - fire or ash

'you'll melt like a candle in a little pool of wax
a face sealed by the spirit of wax
you'll burn like thoughts on a bonfire of words
for you are the fire that burns itself'
an arsonist said with wax in his eyes
'in a homeless whisper you're a broken flamelet
in the time of fire that swallows itself'

but a particle of ash is a fire descendant
and to burn is its wisdom



šta je prvo nastalo - vatra ili pepeo

'istopiceš se ko svijeca u barici voska
duhom voska zapecacen lik
goreceš ko misli na lomaci rijeci
jer ti si vatra koja samu sebe prži
rece mi palikuca sa voskom u ocima
'u bezdomnom šapatu spaljeni žižak
u vremenu vatre koja samu sebe guta'

ali cestica pepela potomak je vatre
i da gori njena je mudrost