Balloon

 
by: Majid Naficy


I am Naficy
From the line of Nafis*
Ending with a hissing fis-fis
Like the sound of a dying balloon.
Yet, as long as I live,
In my heart
I hold the hope of soaring high
And joining the playful clouds.

        August 9, 2020
* Burhan al-Din Nafis  was the court physician of Ulugh Beg, the grandson of Tamerlane. Hence, my last name Nafisi or Naficy.