come, stay and let's talk. it's a good day to be alive
before you go on this journey,
remember this:
when you are lost in your work
love will bring you home.
love will brighten your world
love will bring you hope.
remember your humble beginning
remember love.
사랑을 기억하길 바라.
사랑을 따라
집으로 돌아오길 바라.
8.21.2022
I want to make a throw that matters.
No matter what others laugh at or say
I want to make a point for you.
And for this, I throw it with all I have.
Getting ride of impurities
by thousands of hammering strikes
I want to get rid of false images in my head
with a excoriating heat of silence.
언젠가 떠오르리라
가슴에 품은 정열의 꿈.
8.20.2022
how little do I know of the world
fear starts to creep in from the shadows
fear used to be a motivator
now it’s a vague reminder of where I come from.
with new fresh set of eyes
I sit in with a saint, waiting for a judgement call.
8.19.2022
distracting sound of cicada dissipates
leaving only the dull weight of silence
no whimsical wind of innocence
only unforgiving reminder of quietness
open your eyes now, truly, and see
what the world truly is made to be
if you can stomachs what you see
wiggle your toe and move with me
고난을 암시한 고요함이 도착하고
살아남기 위해서 집중하는 시간이 온다.
진실을 보고도 견딜 용기가 있다면
조금이라도 움직일 용기가 있다면
움직여라.
8.18.2022
strangely, there’s no regret.
perhaps this was waiting to happen:
shouting at the top of the lung,
spitting out all dumb words,
and stomping like a gorilla.
I felt a dark fermented matter
evaporating from white hot fury.
it may have been in a blind spot corner
but now it’s gone, there’s clarity
there’s lightness in the heart.
Is this what I had been ignoring all along?
has this monster been in my blind spot all this time?
how can I address the stem of this element?
it’s a time for a change.
change to see things for what they are
and moving towards a better light.
낯설다. 분노의 탈이 쓰인 모습이.
어디에서 온것이고
어떻게 생기게 된것이고
왜 존재하는가
의문심을 품게 되는 저녁이다.
8.17.2022
if it doesn’t bring joy
get rid of ‘em
it can get scary
to be free again
but when you are from dust
what have you got to fuss?
you matter.
your time matter.
remember.
구질구질한 하루
꾸역꾸역 살아가기 보단
조금씩이라도
어렸을적 즐거움을 주던
그 길을 찾아 걸어가보는건
어떨까.
8.15.2022
when the world fell apart,
I know what I had to do.
but when the peace arrived,
I found myself flabbergasted.
paralyzed by too much possibilities
when I try to remember
what got me here
majority of it was spite,
to survive at all costs,
guilt,
to keep promises long overdue,
and a bit of love,
of the people I may not see again.
so I wonder,
if this path leads to more of the love.
more of virtue,
more of friendships,
and more of gratitude.
8.14.2022
I am looking for an organic silence;
an active quietness with a purpose
sidestepping from mindless noises
submerging into a zone of focus
it may be a minute difference,
but with a full purpose and focus —
you just wait and see — explosion:
one filled with all kinds of imagination.
고요함 속에
천천한 변화 속에
새로운 세상이
불꽃처럼 등장하길
기도하고 있다.
8.13.2022
so much work
yet little time to rest
so much thoughts
yet little do I write
tired body
but happy a soul
one day submerges
another day reborns.
피곤해도 달려야라는게
삶에 일부이지만
가끔씩 쉬는것도 중요하지만
무엇을 위해 이 거창한 춤을 추는지는
기억하고 있다.
8.12.2022
it was a way to let it all go;
simply opening the door
and taking one step after another
leaving all of the junks behind.
holding onto nothing
but a key and a phone
I let myself go
out into the world
pastel blue sky imbued in feather clouds
greeted me like an ocean
I saw and I knew:
this is the world I live in.
오직 모든 것들을 내려놓고
내 골방을 빠져나온 후에야,
내 자신을 해방시키고 난 후에야,
나는 비로소 세상을 보았다.
세상을 본 나는 그래서야 깨달았다.
‘내가 이 세상에 살고 있구나’ 라고.
8.11.2022
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