I Want to Break This Weight
by Jisun Lee
I want to break this weight.
I wanna shed this burden
that makes each step heavy with sorrow.
I smile
at the thought of a million shards flying through the air.
I’ll smile through my tears.
I’m not a baby.
I’m not a toddler.
I’m not a child.
I’m not a girl.
I’m a woman.
But sometimes, I don’t feel like I am, especially not now.
Tick-tock, tick-tock.
The weight gets heavier as time passes.
Time was invented to mock us.
Humans are fragile things.
I wanna shed this burden
that makes each step heavy with sorrow.
I smile
at the thought of a million shards flying through the air.
I’ll smile through my tears.
I’m not a baby.
I’m not a toddler.
I’m not a child.
I’m not a girl.
I’m a woman.
But sometimes, I don’t feel like I am, especially not now.
Tick-tock, tick-tock.
The weight gets heavier as time passes.
Time was invented to mock us.
Humans are fragile things.
Jisun Lee is a South Korean national who grew up in Hong Kong and studied in the US. Currently, she lives with her family 40 minutes south of Seoul. When she's not writing, Jisun is reading, watching movies and TV shows, hanging out with her friends, and doing research on a variety of topics. She hopes to start her Master's studies in the fall of 2020 in Finland.