Sleeping through Wreckage, and: Victims

"Sleeping through Wreckage" depicts a grieving process where the object of grief, "You", takes over the griever, "I". Grief, embodied in "You", not only swallows the presence of "I" but also expands as its objects multiply from a specific person to home to mother tongue.

"Victims" retraces the footprints of a violent memory, especially how it influences an artistic, creative mind. The poem explores the transformative power, but also the limit, of such a mind that inevitably falls victim to the blade of reality it cannot entirely escape.