Cigarette
February 28, 2023 by Thea Li

That Night

Troubles drove him out of the box. 

On the balcony,

By the firelight of melancholy

He lit a cigarette and

Gently

The wind smoked half,

And left him the remaining half. 


Flicked the ashes,

He didn't bother with the wind. 

"Perhaps

The wind has its troubles too." 




Thea Li is a senior currently majoring in Computer Arts at the School of Visual Arts. Thea is passionate about creating stories, capturing beauty and love, ugliness and unpleasantness with words and art. She loves the feeling of being on the road all the time, listening, feeling and experiencing, settling in at every corner, like a breeze passing by.