Swamp

The ink dark sky choked with ripened longing
with a face darkened and stricken with fear toward the inner sea
spills a whistle stained with traces of your hair

In the thrashing strong wind a mind lost shower
plants the thorn of memories grown in Udo
and scores the shoulder of Seongsanpo sleeping in stillness

Caught in the defiant shove of the departing shower I
gently seized as if falling into sleep by the touch of the leaving wind
flow toward the pooled water where you remain
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Hind Avatar
March 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
swamped with memory, swamped with confinement when you want to go home, even if only asleep, "traces of your hair"- like lying next to someone. beautiful
Hwang Avatar
March 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Udo is a small island near Jeju Island in Korea. Seongsanpo is the harbor town facing Udo across the sea.
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