Branko Miljkovic - A little flower

 

A little flower

hadn't even uttered its first words yet

but it immediately knew all of the Sun's secrets

and everything the Earth hides.

A little flower

hadn't even began to walk yet

but it could defend itself

with light, air and water.

A little flower

doesn't know how to read or write,

but it knows what life is, it knows what the world is,

and it smells beautifully.

Note: A poem Miljkovic wrote for his baby nephew Goran. His love for the kid made him consider changing his creative path and writing only child poems. Unfortunately, as he died under mysterious circumstances in Zagreb at 27, Branko never got to write more child poems, nor could he see his nephew grow up.