tomorrows don't last forever
this is me
crouching in the river with
a little plastic baggie upturning
rocks in search of fish
i am searching for tomorrow, hidden
beneath bellies of scale and
bulging fish eyes; i am
seizing tomorrow’s me within
my palm--glowing&gold&
poking at the glass
of a fish tank.
this is me
laying on the hillside and
connecting wintertime stars
with my fingers
i am searching for tomorrow, between
invisible lines and
fading stars; i am
seizing tomorrow’s wish in
my stomach--small&lovely&
made upon
a shooting star.
this is me&you
catching icecream on our tongues
and sweating into the breeze sitting
close enough to touch but
not quite
i am searching for tomorrow, in
the gleaming outline of our hands
in the sunset; i am
seizing tomorrow’s you between
my ribs— warm&beautiful&
never meant to last.
crouching in the river with
a little plastic baggie upturning
rocks in search of fish
i am searching for tomorrow, hidden
beneath bellies of scale and
bulging fish eyes; i am
seizing tomorrow’s me within
my palm--glowing&gold&
poking at the glass
of a fish tank.
this is me
laying on the hillside and
connecting wintertime stars
with my fingers
i am searching for tomorrow, between
invisible lines and
fading stars; i am
seizing tomorrow’s wish in
my stomach--small&lovely&
made upon
a shooting star.
this is me&you
catching icecream on our tongues
and sweating into the breeze sitting
close enough to touch but
not quite
i am searching for tomorrow, in
the gleaming outline of our hands
in the sunset; i am
seizing tomorrow’s you between
my ribs— warm&beautiful&
never meant to last.
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Kay LeeKay Lee is an eleventh-grader attending Korea International School in Seoul, South Korea. She is currently putting together her writing portfolio and was recently accepted into the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio and the Kenyon Young Writers’ Workshop. In the past, she has attended both the Emerson Creative Writers Program and the Juniper Young Writers Institute. She has been published in various literary magazines in the past, and enjoys exploring fiction of all genres and poetry in her free time.
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