This poem is about my complicated, love-hate relationship with worry.
Reflective
to my past and present
To myself, who could never find the words about me.
To my dad, who made me doubt myself; thank you for trying.
Love’s Sacrifice
Most people know their boundaries when it comes to love. I’m still trying to figure out mine.
Nostalgic Smells
My grandmother was diagnosed with dementia in 2020, I remember her through memories we shared years ago, and I wrote about these memories, by continuing to remember her as she would want me to.
Mom Pants
I have always been perceived to be younger than I actually was; at first, I was not too fond of it, but it eventually grew on me.
A New World
This is the story of a young girl, uprooted from her familiar, comfortable home in New York City and placed in what was to her an unbearable new world.
I Once Thought I Knew Myself
This piece offers a discussion on how 2020 was a year that gave me time to reflect on myself.
Kill Them with Laughter, Kill Me with Peanuts
Allergies make you vulnerable. In my case, more mentally than physically, despite the physical severity a peanut poses. The piece below takes the reader inside my mind as I fear for my life.
Oma’s Hands
“Oma” is the German word for grandma. These two short memoirs are the beginning of a larger collection centering around my Oma and how my perception of her has changed over time.
The Smiling Eyes
Like the title of this anthology, I often feel like I am the other side of everything as I navigate my life in the USA as a Korean immigrant.
Pink
Why is pink a “girly” color? Does pink limit us or empower us? What is the future of pink?
Music of Pain
Love comes in different forms: some are like beautiful dreams, and some are painful truths. Guard your heart before it gets trapped in those painful truths…
The Benson Bucket List – An Excerpt
A young woman is staying at her brother’s house for the first time in years to recover from an injury. She experiences conflicting emotions over their dynamic and finds herself secretly yearning for the past.
Beneath Her Skin
A homage to The Woman in the Yellow Wallpaper. What happens when we feel trapped in modern day.
The Patient Daughter
We all carry many pieces of our identity with us every day. This piece examines a core part of myself and the role that I have been given in this life.