CHERRY

I hide in you
like a stone in  
an overripe cherry.

I float in 
your fragrant juices,
Trembling
from the 
bird's greedy beak
that will
tear us
apart.

And,
I will not answer your
question:
Are fruits also doomed
to
loneliness?


Azemina Krehić was born on October 14, 1992 in Metković, Republic of Croatia. Winner of several international awards for poetry, including: Award of university professors in Trieste, 2019, Mak Dizdar award, 2020. Award of the Publishing Foundation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021. Fra Martin Nedić Award, 2022.

She is represented in several international anthologies of poetry.