If You Only Knew — POEM 𝒃𝒚 Derviša Grabus Čolaković
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If you only knew how hard it’s for me,
When I don’t see you only for one night,
Desolation takes hold of me; abodes in my soul,
Born in 1957 in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently she lives and works in Washington DC, USA. Derviša Grabus Čolaković has published four books of poetry: “𝘡𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘫𝘢” (Life Paths of Existence) 2021, “𝘛𝘪𝘩𝘪 𝘬𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪” (Quiet Footsteps) 2022, “𝘡𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘵 𝘪 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢” (Life and Destiny) 2022, and “𝘒𝘢𝘱 𝘶 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘶 𝘭𝘫𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘷𝘪” (A Drop in the Ocean of Love) 2023. Her poems are published in several anthologies and collections of poetry. She is a member of the World Literary Academy, winner of the Golden Certificate, and an author in the Encyclopedia of the Best World Poets.