CONTRASTS

Tonight I will wear a lavish dress of modesty,

black, yet still white from purity,

and I will go into warm rooms of ice.

I will dance all night while standing still,

and I will watch you with my eyes closed.

And I will be ideally imperfect,

and I will feel freedom as a captive.

And I will be strongly weak,

here, beside you,

because I love you.


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.