Levitating

I have never had my feet on the ground

I have never been deaf to the sound

Of clapping wings

I always had multiple rings

As a proof I am a wife to the world of Beyond

As a proof I have a strong bond

And unity with the Self

I have piles and piles of books on the shelf

But Words are coming straight from the Soul

As Alice I am falling into Rabbit’s Hole

I have no fear of becoming small and insignificant

I have no fear of touching my inner infant

I have great fear of becoming large

I have great fear of being deceptively in charge

Of keeping an illusion of masquerade ball

I would rather scream and call

Everyone to rip off their masks

To give up on their made up tasks

And hear the sound of wings clapping

Or maybe I should be tapping

Myself to the ground?

High voltage woman

There should be a sign on my forehead

So everyone could just sleep and go to bed

Instead of trying to be awake with my high-maintenance Self

They should just leave me on the shelf

Full of misunderstood books

I just don’t care about looks

About shallowness

About being less

I have never stopped being much and more

I have never stopped searching for soul’s core

A sign should say:

“Caution, high voltage”

I am somewhere near middle age

But it doesn’t stop me to engage

Myself fully to every emotion

To every life motion

I admit, it is exhausting

Sometimes I wish I could just sit and sing

Just dance and stare at sky

Just watch the birds fly

But I am a mother 

I cannot just say I don’t care, I don’t want to bother

With life’s biggest responsibility

I want to learn how to have ability

To relax

But still be me

But still be someone who deserves True Love

Just the way I am 

So dangerous, high-voltage woman.

Jasmila Talić-Kujundžić

Short biography:

Jasmila Talić-Kujundžić was born on December 26, 1989 in Banja Luka. She completed primary and secondary school in Zenica, and in Sarajevo, where she still lives, she obtained a master’s degree in Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy.

Her first novel “The Sky Window” (BMG, Bosanska medijska grupa, Tuzla, 2025) was awarded as the best manuscript at the “My First Book” festival competition.

Jasmila worked for six years as the editor of the youth magazine “Preventeen”. She has a lot of experience working with children and young people, and has worked in schools and day care centers. She has published poetry, prose, essays, and articles on numerous portals, magazines, and anthologies.

She also won first prize in the competition for the best newspaper story organized by “Naša riječ” Zenica in 2008.

Jasmila is currently focused on motherhood and writing.