I am living far away
Jolin Tang
people stand in front of a podium
luckily, I find women
not the same
but different in colours
universities and the imagined re-act
‘Stay behind so everyone else can go’
‘If I must die’
there are some moments
I feel trees are cut off
woods pressing on me
I do not feel pain
but a stable suppression
traces that woods left
are borders on my body
bloody and scorching
from ten thousand miles
I am living very, very far away
when I realise to look at the sky
home has already become my hole
luckily, I find women
not the same
but different in colours
universities and the imagined re-act
‘Stay behind so everyone else can go’
‘If I must die’
there are some moments
I feel trees are cut off
woods pressing on me
I do not feel pain
but a stable suppression
traces that woods left
are borders on my body
bloody and scorching
from ten thousand miles
I am living very, very far away
when I realise to look at the sky
home has already become my hole
Ms. Jolin Tang is a poet pursuing an MPhil in Arts, Creativity, and Education at the University of Cambridge. With over eight years of experience writing poetry and lyrics in both Chinese and English, she explores poetry's role in artistic practice and academic research. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Hong Kong, with publications in literary journals across China, Macau, and Hong Kong.
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