Two-winged Sunset in Penang
I am the remnants of this:
shades of fuchsia adventure turned dim.
Only the gold essence
of another self, long left.
I lost my earrings once.
They were fuchsia and gold rimmed.
Fell onto a dance floor in Penang–
where a part of myself had been shed.
Stephanie Choi's work is published or forthcoming in Cosmonauts Avenue, New Ohio Review, Breakwater Review, and elsewhere.