POETRY
Mirror of Truth
—POEM by Radmila Stojadinović
(Translated from Serbian by Jovana Stojadinović)
I strip illusions like a tattered cloak,
Beneath them—the world, raw, imperfect.
The sun does not judge the shadows,
Nor does the river ask the stone why it stays.
The lines on a face are not wounds,
But maps of roads once traveled.
A flower does not bloom to be beautiful,
But because it knows no other way,
Truth is like the wind—
Invisible, yet felt when it moves you.
Wisdom is not in shaping the world to fit a dream,
But in walking its paths as they are—
Barefoot, eyes wide open.
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(Translated from SERBIAN by Jovana Stojadinović)
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Radmila Stojadinov
Radmila Stojadinović, born in 1970, Požarevac, Serbia, is a versatile author of poetry, short stories, novellas, and satire. She has published two novels in 2023 and in 2024. Her work appears in both literary journals and international anthologies. She is a recipient of numerous literary awards, and her writings have been translated into several languages. She currently lives and writes in Požarevac, Srbia.
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Jovana Stojadinović
Jovana Stojadinović was born in 1997 in Požarevac. She completed her Master’s degree in Psychology and is currently finishing her studies at the Faculty of Psychotherapy. She lives in Serbia.
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