Sang Yun Jee
Limonium Flower
Flowers dry
out and
rot
like the roses we sent for
our grandmother’s birthday,
like the cherry blossoms that
fall from the
spring trees, like snow.
But the limonium flower
begins and ends life dry
and so will never die.
The shriveled, purple starry clump
that never experienced life.
Sang Yun Jee, otherwise known as Martin, studies in the Philippines as a sophomore in the International School Manila. He wants to use his various experiences to follow the path of English Literature. He is currently the poetry editor for a student-run magazine, The Mckinley Review.
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