Dejan Stojanovic
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Don Juan


He was born in a dream of a woman,
He is her invention; she is his reason to be.
She knew he would be gentle,
He wouldn’t cheat on love.

He recognized her dream,
She recognized his—to live her dream
By inviting her into her own story,
By reading the secrets of her heart.

-Dejan Stojanovic






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