In the Palm of Fate

My love is like water in the hands of fate.

It finds the cracks and flows toward Mother Earth.

It plunges like waterfalls,

those great tears of water

that descend mercifully

to await the Sun and a new awakening,

upward, toward the sky.

Waters that flow and wait for sailboats,

and for sailing with the wind

that helps you breathe deeply,

happy that you are alive,

that you sail together,

while watery enchantments create a rainbow

that fades into the night

and goes to rest.

And I, weary, return to the palm of fate,

alone and without anyone,

with a prayer upon my lips.

Born for the word.

Born for fame.

Born for separation.

I bathe when the Sun gives way to the Moon,

until the riverbed gives way

and I awaken in the falling,

and so it goes,

again and again.

Maja Milojković was born in Zaječar, Serbia. She is the deputy editor at “Sfairos” publishing house in Belgrade, Serbia.  She is the vice-president of the association “Rtanj and Mesečev poetski krug”.  She is the author of two books: “The Circle of the Moon” and “Trees of Desire” She is the editor of the International Anthology “Rtanjski stihopevi” One of the founders of the poetry club “Area Felix” from Zaječar, Serbia and the editor of an international e-magazine for creative literature and culture “Area Felix”.