Tear
A poem by Jasna Gugić

Tear

I feel a tear coming on
In grey clouds
That smell of autumn rain,
Crying
And my poem brings disquiet
Into my frayed thoughts
Scattered over the whiteness of imagination.
Sorrow comes with autumn drops
And its smell is hideous
And sticky like resin.
After all, only ache remains
Like a seal impressed
In the middle of the heart,
Quenched with your tear of remorse. 
If you should ever come back
Allow me to steal a smile
From your face
And chase away all the sorrows of this world.

About the Author:

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.

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