Steadfast in the Deluge - by Vy Tran - The Postmarks
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On rain and the clarity that follows.
Should the hand depart slightly from the print below, know the prose was lightly refined in transcription. Rain, I am no master of the Korean tongue, yet I know this much: my name translates phonetically to 비 — the word for you. Whether coincidence or some older kinship, I take it as an alliance. I shall not pretend our bond is seamless; you can be ruinous, unsparing, and cold. Yet when you descend, you claim the city in a way no other force can rival. Here in the Bay, where months dissolve beneath an unblinking sun, your absence becomes an ache. The glare can feel tyrannical at times,…
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