Na Um Pala*

You say I fell on your mind

not came to

not remembered me

not thought of

just fell

an apple from a tree

a star from the sky

like in love

which is the same thing

I fell on your mind

in love.

Always remember

heaviness of my fall

a thud in harmony

with my heart.

Not came

not a thought

just an acorn

a leaf

blown by the wintery breath

a stone

errosion from a mountain

and you cannot return me

save me as a keepsake

even when you no longer need me

but I will fall again

because darling

we cannot prevent corrosion.

* In the Bosnian language, to say you remembered someone or something, you say “you fell on my mind” or “it fell on my mind”, almost a physical sensation of remembering something good or bad, where pain radiates in action of the fall and impact. There is no such comparison in the English language that strongly describes the feeling of remembering something that matters to you the most.