She wanted love.. Selma Kopic

 

 

The woman should have

left me more often.

Whatever she needed,

I didn't know to give her.

Did I have a mistress?

Worse.

I treated her like

she was a mistress.

I gave her the house and the money,

and came when I wanted.

Whenever she was unhappy,

she used to buy dresses.

Now I look at the closet and know

how unhappy she was.

I didn't know how to maintain

a balance between

poison called too little

and the abyss too much.

She didn't want the money,

She wanted love.

Is this model

still being manufactured?

Željela je ljubav

Žena je trebala

češće da me ostavlja.

Što god je trebalo,

ja nisam znao da joj dam.

Jesam li imao ljubavnicu?

Gore.

Ponašao sam se prema njoj

kao da je ljubavnica.

Dao sam joj kuću i novac,

a dolazio kad sam htio.

Kad god je bila nesretna,

kupovala je haljine.

Sada pogledam ormar

i znam koliko je

nesretna bila.

Nisam znao cijeniti

što je održavala balans

između otrova zvanog premalo

i ambisa previše.

Ona nije željela novac,

Željela je ljubav.

Zar se taj model još proizvodi?