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Not Even the Palm Tree Noticed

By Jaewon Chang

my house sat
lost in sight between
the palm trees
planted by mother
in her mid-thirties

I was like my father
venturing to lands without moving a muscle
each page was a new journey
to a strange land

I was sly
wondering
if I was who I am
or if I was who I wanted to be

I was like other boys
trapped in a world
where the sun
like a hummingbird
rises and floats away

I learn the faces of numbers
bodies to explore and tuck
I am an archaeologist
I dig and reason and find
history in whatever the earth
has swallowed

but one day      a girl stands outside
of my house     a blooming hibiscus
standing in the rain     removing glasses
from my eyes

I can still see it
underneath the palm tree
I changed
not even the palm tree noticed

 

Jaewon Chang is a high school sophomore in the Philippines. He enjoys solving math problems and traveling the city on foot. His lifetime goal is to meet mathematicians and poets.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Summer Poems/July 2019

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