Trains from the south

The dismal air ignites the tracksis the steel strong enough?trains thunder from the southinto pitch.....

TRAINS FROM THE SOUTH

TRAINS FROM THE SOUTH

TRAINS FROM THE SOUTH

The dismal air ignites the tracks

is the steel strong enough?

trains thunder from the south

into pitch darkness.

Life is a winding track

truth loses its breath

inside, a chilling silence

while outside, darkness and fear.

Worried faces, grey

women in mourning, children crying, men smoking

the track trembles like a living thing

even steel is not without soul.

Enough of futile sacrifices

they flee because they're afraid

the lifeless czar gazes sadly upon them

from an empty bottle.

What a dreadful force

man or beast

a two-headed bird with black wings

determines the direction of the trains.

No, these are not ugly dreams

sometimes life is just so

long gone are the decayed forefathers

while children rot alive.

Kind God, hide your face

and flee from this world

where they violate little girls

at the age of eleven.

Pitch black darkness offers no help

force mocks justice

whistle stretched out in the empty night

trains thunder from the south.

Summer '86, Belgrade

Vladimir Pantović

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I, the prophetic poet universal and Serb heterological and magical master of words, was born in 1958 in Užice. Until the age of 12, I lived in the countryside, which I consider to be an extremely important detail of my biography. I began writing poetry at the age of 18. At 19, I moved to Belgrade. To date, I have written one collection of poetry entitled "The Death of Gendarme Herc" (1976 - 1990), which contains 112 poems, and a poem titled "The Song That Should Replace One of Šuljaga's Loaves" (1996). I have never published anything. I am still working on my second collection of poetry. When I was young, my father told me, "Son, you don't have to be like everyone else," and I am still grateful to him for that.

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Igor Tintor01.05.2024.

Duboka, istinita, i tragična pesma koja je u svakom svom stihu večni spomenik i neprolazna slika patnje i stradanja našeg naroda.

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