Self-Portrait | Soobin Lim

Back to You

by Judy Chin

I’ve been gone for long

Because I’m heading towards what I need to be.

Occasionally I see her.

Times like these, I wish I could go back.

Yet all the torment, rejection, and suffering

Was worth the fight.

I’m not there yet, but I can feel it.

So close, so close.

I’m proud, so proud.


Judy Chin is a junior undergraduate at the New York University School of Professional Studies majoring in Creative Writing. Born and raised in New York City, she is passionate about learning, connecting, and helping others through writing and pairing them with artwork. She hopes to pursue her Master’s in English and Literature at NYU and has published her work in Borough of Manhattan Community College’s literary magazine, Literary Madness. Her other interests include listening to rock and pop, hiking, attempting to master Ina Garten’s recipes, volunteering at the Bowery Mission, and writing poetry.