Sungyoun Jee
The Deer in Icheon
comes with the night in the shadows
looks for crops to fill its stomach with
digs and finds the peanuts the aged
farmers planted
all in silence
runs away
you wait for dusk, hoping to see it.
you struggle to open your eyes yawning
under the gleaming moon
as though it were a returning friend
as though it were a present from the forest
Sungyoun (Michael) Jee is a freshman at International School Manila. He has won awards in the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Writing Contest for his poetry as well as in the Scholastics Art & Writing Awards for his short story and poetry. He enjoys taking naps and eating pasta.
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