YOU WERE MY SECRET… Refik Martinovic

 

You used to be home

 on my lips

 when spring bloomed

 which are no longer there

 maybe i will love

 that bare October 

 when we met

 wrapped in mists and gray rains

 that captures your character

 ...you are gone.

 You loved my songs

 which more

 I have no one to write to

 only memories remain

 as a witness of the futile

 of waiting

 You are gone.

 You took my world away

 into eternal silence

 you erased the paths of love

 which I will not walk again

 and long for yours

 steps

 you're gone dear

 fury of voice and trace.

 I lied to others

 and I loved you

 the dear pictures still hurt me

 sky and green rivers 

 with the polyphony of birdsong

 while ours are old plane trees 

 on dead watch

 guarded in the park

 and your hand was always in mine.

 I loved you 

 like a mother's awakening

 like cold water

 from clear sources...

 i loved you

 like twilight evenings

 which separate

 days and nights

 two unforgettable souls

 ...you were a secret

 my secrets

 I still hide sometimes

 die pieces of happiness 

 which I will never forget

 and that October

 when we met.

 I still act sometimes

 a proud smile

 even though i know you are

 gone forever

 ...my eternal darling  

 fury of voice and trace.

 There is only time left

 they say it heals wounds

 I don't know how long it will take...