Sang Yun Jee
A Farewell
On a midnight flight
to a country I don’t know,
The clouds slither by
like dark glaciers in an ocean of air.
I can see the desperate lights
of anglerfish down below,
hoping to catch a lonely soul
in the darkness.
Nobody will know what I am
in a land where nobody can speak to me.
Light cannot catch blind fish.
The moon, unblocked, casts itself onto clouds
melting them
into white frost
that drips down
Below.
Sang Yun Jee, otherwise known as Martin, studies in the Philippines as a sophomore in the International School Manila. He wants to use his various experiences to follow the path of English Literature. He is currently the poetry editor for a student-run magazine, The Mckinley Review.
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