MAESTRAL

Why does this

breeze rustle so strangely tonight,

while it

starves the sleepy face of the decrepit old man with freshness?

It’s not that it only carries pollen

and sprinkles the fertile earth with seeds,

nor does it play with the waves,

to wake up the lulled fisherman,

it’s just…

It also brings the aromas of youth

that make the latter’s sad eyes water with nostalgia.

Images and scents of the most beautiful times

that he is dreaming of right now.

So he wonders,

whether time really exists,

or is it just a

stretched canvas of a painter,

on which colors flow and mix

with the scent of oil, seaweed and lavender…

Or does it connect the horizons beneath the

Stribor forest

with the murmuring mountain stream,

announcing the dawn…

While in the night sky he discerns

the last sketches of shooting stars,

which have already written the destinies of many,

including this one, whose simple life

has been struggling from the burden since time immemorial,

with great difficulty,

and without any particular meaning…

While his last wishes sink like a stone

through the whirlpools of ignorance,

and now, as if in a delirium,

in the middle of the abyss between sleep and reality

he tries to discern,

not even knowing why,

and again without meaning,

why tonight

this breeze is rustling

so strangely…

Zlatan Demirović is originally from Croatia. Currently lives and works in America. He is a poet, essayist, publisher. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of PRODIGY MAGAZINE USA, PRODIGY PUBLISHED USA and PRODIGY LIFE ACADEMY USA. He is the author of many works.

He organizes and manages the free publication of the works of creative people from different countries so that they can be recognized worldwide. He is a promoter of Peace, Friendship and Culture in the World. He is the founder of the NOBLE LAUREATE AWARD for 2026.