Blooming Hope rom Desperate Days

By Jeong-Hyeop Lee

Under another darkened night, a tall body falls

Over dry land without rain, golden petals fly

Desperate for life, the silent garden howls

The thunderous sky laughs, queer wind growls

As still as a great wall, the silent garden awaits, For new life to plant beneath their mother’s realm

The heir’s shell cracking like a hatching egg

The fresh embryo rises through the black bed to beg

Smallest seeds awakes wishing for the better day, Its tiny thin roots spread, its thick tall body stood grand Surrounded by despairs, sunflower gaze, At tarry sky gently brighten like haze

The blinding new hope began to race across the sky

Gracious, radiant light shines above all livin lif

Morning horizon grants wishes to the lan

The sunflower greets the hope ‘till day en

By Jeong-Hyeop Lee