Even after war, the heart endures and keeps moving forward. These poems traverse through darkness without surrender-choosing endurance, creation, and hard-won hope. Written by two young Serbian poets shaped by war and its long shadows, these poems move through despair without surrendering to it. They speak of nights on the street, bruised love, and the private battles that mark a life-but also of endurance, humor, and the stubborn pulse that refuses to stop. Even at their rawest, these poems lean toward light: toward the next step, the next dawn, the quiet belief that meaning can still be made. This is poetry of survival and becoming, where creation is not escape, but proof that hope-however fragile-remains alive.