Category: Poetry

나이

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어느새 눈을 떠 보니
나는 나이가 들어 있었다.
눈 가에는 검은 그림자가 드리누었고
이마에는 주름이 사막 들판처럼 쳐지고
처진 피부는 코끼리의 귀를 연상케 한다.
호우가 지난날 미친듯이 흐르는 강물처럼
정신없이 살고자 허우적대고 나니
물살이 잠잠해지던 어느날 아침의 나는
어느새 나이가 들어 있었다.
새벽을 깨는 해를 보면서
나는 새 하루를 맞이 하였다.

8.27.2022

Gratitude

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I did not know I’d be here 5 years ago
I had felt as though I was completely lost
lost in ocean as dark storm raged on
I only had a life vest to hold onto

who would have known it would be seen by others
who would have known I’d be boarded
onto this new world, world so bright
as I take one more step, I pray to pay my gratitude

오직 감사함만이 있을 뿐.

8.25.2022

New beginning

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it’s yet another fresh start,
full of unknowns.
a whirlpool of butterflies in the heart,
ghosts of olden memories groans.

true to it all along
the unconscious calling
atoned for deeds gone wrong
now rising to face challenges

I pray this path will be the way
the way of becoming
what is true to all that is laid
the road to the living

새로운 시작을 맞이한다.
초심을 잃지 아니하며
이 길이 먼 훗날
떳떳한 길이 되길 바라며

8.24.2022

Rumble

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know what you must exhaust
know what you must save
rumble in your heart
don’t let it go to waste

surprised, you will be
how money can save your neck
don’t underestimate value of saving
it could just be your saving grace.

if you fall (I hope you’ll learn its taste)
rise again (in spite of what all expect)
learn (but don’t compromise)
and do it again (but better this time)

살아 남아.
넘어지더라도
배우고 일어서
다시 시도하는거야.

8.23.2022

Throw

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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