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Dawn

Posted on by Désirée Jung
22
Oct

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Eu quis escrever um poema sobre o suicídio
But realized in time that I no longer wanted to commit
My hand to it.
The pen is curious, mas o corpo quer viver.
No dia em que isso aconteceu, I was so sure
that my hand wouldn’t be able to write death
that I gave up.
Fechei os olhos and waited until dawn.


Poem published in Ijagun Poetry Journal

Désirée Jung

My name is Désirée Jung and my intention here is to immerse into words. Writing my biography is a bit like witnessing the spectrum of my own gaze – an impossible task, due to its volatile and vulnerable contingency. For that reason, I let the poems speak for myself. I can add that I’m a Brazilian-Canadian artist, lover of beauty and everything (but not-all) that comes from a feminine space.