The Iranian

because the wind came always

from the west

he thought he could smell

his future on the wind

he left his home

moved across the sea

went to school, married, had children

sought his future in the west

it was not waiting in California

he moved to China

sometimes, he flies east

visits family and friends

but always returns to China

stares out his window at the western border

and dreams of returning home

through an eastern door

(for an old college friend)

5-15-20