Ice Monument

a poem by Sasa Milivojev

I have been searching for you
In the centuries
In lost dreams
In icy seas
Tracks covered in snow
And you are no more
Everyone’s undone
Winds! Turn me to ice
A monument of ice
To be awakened
By soft rays of light
Once a heart is thawed
It will beat for you
Memories I lost
Turn my blood to frost
Tear droplet so young
On snow covered ground
I shine from afar
But no one awaits
To lessen my pain
That is never ending
Winds! Turn me to ice
A monument of ice
To be awakened
By soft rays of light
Once a heart defrosts
It will beat for you
Sun will disembogue
Like honey that’s thawed.

(Translated by Ljubica Yentl Tinska)