Farewell to the Four Elements by Kihyeon Lee

Farewell to the Four Elements

With my sight dimmed thinner,

Now I seek to see the invisible,

And, all my senses wearing weaker,

Then I reach to feel the impalpable,

Not that I deny the obvious, detached

From what they comply to accept,

Benumbed to all things secretly kept,

But still admitting I feel so attached

To you that I am made of,

Yet always more than,

And, after this life’s span,

Will be again part of,

As the Mode loosens its temporal grip,

Conceding to an Eternal Norm,

For my being out of this temporary form

Into another to peacefully slip,

Wherein my soul, with an ample atonement,

As a nourishment for my lack of love,

Shall be one with the Fifth Element

To serve the Light Clement from high above.


Kihyeon Lee is a poet from Jeonbuk Province in South Korea. He studied German Literature and his English is mostly self-taught. As a writer, he hopes to capture the emotional journey and beauty of humanity through a personal perspective. When he isn't writing, he enjoys sauntering in the mountains and listening to classical music and opera.