LOVE STORM

When you came into my life,

it wasn’t just a step!

You arrived like a wind that doesn’t ask

if the sky is ready to open!

You were a lightning bolt that tears the sky apart

and leaves my heart defenseless!

You brought down the walls

I had built for years!

You shattered the silence into a thousand thunderclaps!

With one glance, you raised a sea within me.

With one touch, you stirred a storm inside me!

Now the winds carry my thoughts toward you,

like leaves fleeing before a tempest.

Thunder carries your name through my chest.

Rain slides down my soul like a confession.

Every drop is the fear that you will disappear.

Every lightning bolt is proof that you exist.

And I stand in the midst of that wild sky,

without shelter, without fear, without turning back.

For once the heart learns your storm,

it never again knows how to live in silence!

For if this love is the storm that breaks me,

let it thunder, let it burn, let it destroy everything!

It is better to burn in your storm

than to live in a world

without the thunder of your heart !!!

Author: Vesna Malović Petrović

My name is Vesna Malović Petrović, a poet from Serbia, residing in the town of Veliko Gradište, where I live and create.

I was born on June 4, 1960, in Inđija, Srem, Serbia. I mainly write love poetry and poems for children. I also enjoy humor, and from time to time I write humorous texts and playful poems. My poems have been published in numerous international joint poetry anthologies and foreign literary magazines and have been translated into several foreign languages. I am also the recipient of numerous literary awards and recognitions.