ALONE WITH SADNESS

If he could see the reflections
Of his sorrows in your eyes,
The fire that burns away his soul,
Would die down.

But whenever he is sad
And is alone with his sadness,
He takes down his tent of hope
And leaves the transient oasis of life.

 

Mahmud Kianush

 


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