Zongzi: A Sticky Rice Symphony of Family and Culture
When I think of the Dragon Boat Festivals I attended as a child, I think of Zongzi, a traditional Chinese dish. My family's elders would...
The Cancer Journals
67.1 million people die each year. 10 million people die from cancer, and 1.8 million die from lung cancer. And this is how my record of...
She'll be Sketching Heartbeats
It was silent when she jumped. At least to her. Permanent silence? No, not in death. The screams and cheers of the people, no not people...
Lovely Waters
Every year when the first Blood Magnolia blooms, its elegant blossom is plucked by a husband’s quivering hand and laid into the first...
Human Nature
Only one part of me believes it's true. As my thorny hand, Touched the smooth stem of the rose I killed. The silence in the speakers,...
If There is an Equation
When asked to write, An equation, Describing the works of the world. You simplify, Try and isolate the non-existent variable. Find reason...
Life Problems
Don’t let the sharpness, Of the crescent moon cut you. For the blood that twinkles within, Is the Milky Way. People ask for the direction...
Failed Attempts
The merry-go-round spun backwards, Until time unwound. As the hills rolled away, The ocean closed in, Silent, Breathless. The sky bleeds....
A 9-Year-Old's Memories of Cancer
The house blinked, Wheelchairs ran, The bed sagged, The sun shone. But the world bleached. The room blinked, And the machines Beeped....