A Chronic (Heart) Condition

The Military Demarcation Line separating North and South Korea.

In spring of 2023, I returned my homeland for the first time since I left as an infant for international adoption. I took this picture from the Dora Observatory.

I am a self divided. Korea is a self divided, too. Jagged boundary slashed across the 38th parallel. 

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