#séamus isaac fey

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[image description copied from alt text: a poem by SÉAMUS ISAAC FEY titled, "Sonnet for my new name", as published in the American Poetry Review.

Did you wait for me in the riverbed, under a smooth stone? Did I have to earn you, like a Chicago summer? A seed sprouting in harsh conditions? Stand in a long line full of crossed fingers, all the while you lit up the marquee. Can I keep you? When they call you, will I turn my head?]

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there's this line by poet séamus isaac fey that i believe applies perfectly to the penultimate timeline sol that had erased her memories from sunjae's mind: "i want to stop mourning you / before we've met."

i don't think we truly appreciate the sacrifice sol made to keep sunjae safe. she went back in time and erased all possibility of the greatest love she had ever experienced — she spent fifteen years mourning a person that technically didn't even exist: she loved a boy that only bloomed within the borders of her own memory.

can you imagine how lonely and exhausting it was for her? grieving for a boy who'd forgotten that he had gathered her face in his hands, once — had loved her once. not just forgotten — but entirely erased. keeping track of his movements and whereabouts so she'd be able to stay away from him: all to keep sunjae safe. anything to keep him safe.

sol's love for sunjae is so selfless and strong and noble. sunjae would die for her, but sol would live for him: suffer in silence, submit to the agony of separation; the yawning emptiness of time without being at his side. she was ready to go through it all. she DID go through it all.

we really don't give her enough credit. 💙💛

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Séamus Isaac Fey

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Sonnet for my new name by Séamus Isaac Fey