WHEN THE FORMER BECOMES FUTURE.. Selma Kopic

Do we learn
from mistakes in love?
You love,
he loves...
It lasts and passes ...
It hurts ...
You become an ex,
he becomes an ex
and you swear,
in front of a breaking mirror,
never again
same mistakes
you will not make.
Not an experience
little joke ...
Then, in years of late,
destiny tastes you...
'' Whoever listen the mind
is mad,
you should ask the heart, ''
experience yells to you.
But great loves,
by weakness,
look like each other.
You become again
part of the same story,
chapter opened
for the second time ...
Life before the end,
story without end ...
Can the former she
be future one?
Can the former he
be future one?
And the mirror again
hears the oath:
''Reason out,
prepare your heart!''
We are more experienced now
and smarter,
this love has passed
the court of time.
Who doesn't see it,
is blind,
and, I swear, crazy too.

KAD BIVŠI POSTANE BUDUĆI

Da li se u ljubavi
na greškama uči?
Voliš, voli...
Traje i prođe...
Boli...
Postaneš bivša,
postaneš bivši
i  zakuneš se,
pred ogledalom
koje puca,
nikada više
iste greške
praviti nećeš.
Nije iskustvo
mala šala...
Onda te,
u godinama poznim
sudbina kuša...
''Lud je ko
razum sluša...
srce se pita,''
iskustvo ti viče.
Al' velike ljubavi
po slabosti
jedna na drugu
liče.
Postaneš opet
dio iste priče,
Poglavlje
otvoreno
po drugi put...
Život pred kraj,
priča bez kraja...
Može li bivša
biti buduća?
Može li bivši
biti budući?
I ogledalo opet
zakletvu sluša:
''Razum van,
srce na gotovs!''
Sad smo iskusniji
i pametniji,
ova ljubav
položila je vremena sud.
Ko to ne vidi,
taj je slijep,
a, bogme,
i lud.