Nikola Popović has worked as an adviser and researcher across state and federal governments in Australia. He holds a Master of International Relations from the University of Sydney. Nikola is currently a PhD candidate at the Australian National University.
A SMILE FROM HOMS
Every time,
when I see your smile,
I feel relieved, as though,
I reached above the water’s surface to breathe.
In a distant place,
your smile defeated misery.
Where there was only desert, rubble and ash,
it conquered torment,
and drew a line between happiness and fate.
When you speak with your smile,
I forget this paralysis,
and time pauses graciously in your eyes.
Your words –
will enter the verses of my poems,
and follow me.
Maybe there will come a time
when blind love will see,
and perhaps we can accept
that everything in this very moment is all that matters.
© Nikola Popović, 2022
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