Decals of Time

Penelope weeping over the bow of Ulysess (Left), Angelica Kauffmann, 1779

Calypso mourning over the departure of Ulysess (Right), Angelica Kauffmann, 1779

by SangJae Lee

(After Penelope weeping over the bow of Ulysess, Angelica Kauffmann, 1779 and

Calypso mourning over the departure of Ulysess, Angelica Kauffmann, 1779)

I woke up in the morning,

opened my eyes, hoping for you to bring spring.

My heart has been climbing a mountain without a summit.

I see the closure lying on your crimson velvet.

Bow dyed in sweat and blood

affirms my fruitless faith.

Left foot shivers from the phantom of screams.

Corpses of promises float around.

I woke up in the morning,

closed my eyes, sobbing for the dead yesterday.

My spirit tries to walk on the invisible road.

Sunset calls you to embark on destiny.

Faint dot on his horizon

imprisons me without sentence.

Right foot ponders on his pledges.

Hazy whispers occupy the air.

A myriad of awakened nights

I navigate in dreams under the sunlight

where a chimera casts a blight.

Remorse and anger

face each other,

stepping on my torn.

SangJae Lee is an undergraduate student and filmmaker at the University of Connecticut. He grew up in South Korea, and came to the United States in 10th grade. His poems have been published in Atheanea. He can be contacted at @JaeLeeGfunk.