Published as a winning work in Shincho, this short piece quietly depicts the unease of standing at the threshold of twenty and the tension contained in the morning. It leaves behind the lingering sense of a future and self that have yet to take shape.

The morning of twenty lies between expectation and uncertainty.

Published in Shincho as a winning short piece, it quietly portrays the uncertainty at a young narrator’s point of departure and the feeling of moving away from family and place. Rather than major events, it leaves behind the emotional tremor that comes before setting out.

My departure begins before there is any answer.