LIFE

The red balloon dancing in the blue sky,

The farms running away from my eyes,


The walls staring at me in dirt,
And the mountain, alone in the desert,

The images, illusions,
And my mind,

The meanings, the symbols,
And the one…

Seeking the quantity of life,

The existence of red rose,

The rule of the sun,

Shining on dying farms,

…

one word, an image,
curved on my mind,

one question, one answer
no one has ever found,

a mystery, a riddle,
not destined to be solved,

called life, read culture,
fortune and faith,

the culture I hate,
the fortune I deny,
the faith I lost.

SINA MESDAGHI
MAY 12, 2003