Category: Other Writings

words written in captivity – 03 : written on behalf of those suffering a loss or disappointment Do not say, “I told you so.”Hold your breath. Don’t say, “Things could have been better off if only you did so and so.” We don’t want to hear what to you seem like well-meaning words.Words that to us are just needles and blades prickling our sides and stabbing our chests. 알아.Oftentimes we… Continue Reading

words written in captivity – 02 Clouds move as the earth turns.The leavesThey grow and they wither.Slowly and then all at once. The turning of a season.The turning of the tide.Slowly and then all at onceAnd then once again. Where has hope gone?Watch me fade into the sunsetAs darkness fills the night sky.Slowly and then all at onceAnd then once again. The dawn of a new day comesAnd with it… Continue Reading

words written in captivity – 01 Memories with you are like the end credits to a Korean drama—Sweet, warm, and tender…The kind that brings heaviness in my chest and butterflies in my stomach.I never want to reach the last frame.I never want to hear the silence after the song ends.Images of you and I etched in my mind and my heart. I will never be the same.The space you inhabit… Continue Reading