A backpack of pain
I keep my pains in a backpack
And go around with a smile
Saying hello to everyone.
How beautiful is life
With a smile in your face
Without a backpack of pain
In your back.
I’m showing off
To be happy
But happiness is mocking me
With the heaviness of
Backpack In my back.
Feb.26. 2019
Mehri Yalfani: Novelist, Poet, Short Story Writer 