between the pages

make an art out of the space between the pages 
behind the lines, in the crook of climax and falling action. 
it is not so bad, being invisible. 
you will never weep for a lover, a parent, a sibling, a friend 
(but you will) 
you will never need to carry the world alone 
(but you do) 
you will never have to be brave 
(but you are, you have to be, to live in this world) 
you will know the taste of peace, 
like pears slowly ripening in a summer garden, 
and you will be happy, won't you? 

(there has never been a hero that was happy, but many have come close.) 

it is quiet, here. 
life is kinder, here. 
take a breath and take a step. 
you do not need a cinematic finale. 
you do not need to conclude for the audience. 
come behind the curtains, behind the sets and scenes and soliloquys 
and learn. 
and love. 
and live. 

(don't you want a quiet life?) 

yejunee

FL

18 years old

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    the snake is hungry 

    so the snake will eat 

    and eat it does, chewing, gnawing, 

    and will you ever notice, little thing, 

    that it is your own tail 

    you are swallowing? 

     

  • abalone

    from salt and foam and scales 

    steal the hearts of stone 

    nacreous shells, dying husks, 

    the honey-sweet flesh that once 

    clung to its bones 

    to die of thirst. 

  • eschatology

    meet me at the end of the world 

    the space between firestorms and tsunamis 

    across the acid oceans 

    and here, where the rot 

    has begun to reclaim the cities at last.