“Of Soul and Sorrow”

Rachel Kim, 2T8 WB

Transcendently, I have loved,

Though ephemeral we may be.

A part of thy soul,

Trapped within the soil of thy sorrow—

A mirage in the moonlight,

A trick of the wicked stars.

—Love, transcendent.

—Love, ephemeral.

The world unto itself,

But I, unto mine.

“Of Soul and Sorrow”

Artist’s Statement: A collection of lines from an old short story, reimagined as a poem, to capture the eternal yet fleeting colours of a life, a love, a tale – each treasured beneath the burning light of a single star, and the dying embers of a million more.