Jasna Gugić: Memory
Jasna Gugić is the Vice-President for public relations of the Association of Artists and Writers of the World SAPS; She is a co-editor of the anthology, Compassion—Save the World, one poem written by 130 world poets. Jasna is a multiple winner of many international awards for poetry and literature, and her work has been translated into several world languages. Her first independent collection of poetry was published in 2021, a bilingual English-Croatian edition, entitled Song of Silence. She lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.
The rain began singing
with my pain
and rustled
the leaves.
Another autumn
without you
in the shadow
of endless years.
Even today after
one hundred years of solitude
I listen to your words
to rejoice
my silence
but hear no
reply.
Your lips went
silent
and your eyes closed
forever
in the most sorrowful August
of my life.
And never again
will you
hear the rain crying
with my tears
as I remove the
leaves
from your grave
with my hand.
Quietly in silence
I kiss your sleeping eyes,
my poet of life,
and the temples of
silence
where you are
present,
always present.