They Have Opened the Stairs 

By Majid Naficy


Suddenly
I find myself there.
They have opened the stairs
And after one year,
One month and one day
I do my steps again.

It is not easy, son of a gun!
It takes your life to give you life.
Nevertheless, as before
I go down five times
Come up five times
And become open, open, open
To birds who sing generously,
A cat who behind a hanging towel
Watches me
And my fellow climbers
Who pass me with greetings.

Since that day, how many of them
Have died in lonely rooms?
I have taken my vaccines
And would like to believe
A new day has begun.

        May 1, 2021  

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