By Ivan S. Asanovic

Separated from myself,
Looking back on my past,
Separated, seeing it all at once,
As everything starts to unfold.

Witnessing it all,
As a distant spectator with no stakes at all,
Previous shame, disgrace and wrongs are disappearing in distance,
With no weight or meaning anymore.

But all the good moments are disappearing too,
Reaching the border, the impulse of will is appearing in darkness…
Wait!
I don't want to be pulled in oblivion and abyss!

I'd rather be in hell than not exist at all:
I cannot sink, can't be drawn into forgetfulness, senseless and unconsciousness,
I cannot disappear and leave this podium ever.
It cannot happen to me,
After all,
I am PROTAGONIST!

Ivan S. Asanovic is an architect who lives in Podgorica, Montenegro. Born in 1987. Ivan is a bibliophile who occasionally writes poetry and short stories.

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