Advice

이제는 연락을 안하게 된
(그래서 미안한 마음이 들기도 한)
어느 한 분께서 해주신 말씀이,
“우리는 살면서 부모님을 자주 원망하지만
부모님께서 우리를 키우는게 얼마나 힘든지
우린 이해를 해야한다” 고 말씀해 주셨다.
나이를 한참 먹은 지금도
종종 기억해야하는
주옥 같은 조언이다.

someone, whom I no longer talk to
(and whom I feel apologetic for doing so)
once told me this:
“we often blame things to our parents
but we must come to a realization
that raising human beings such as us
is not such an easy feat”
these are precious words
that I have to keep remembering
even as I have aged this much.

3.8.2022

Frying Pan

Thrown into a frying pan,
A seed of rice danced tip-toeing on hot iron.
Strange neighbors joined in

A long crooked red paprika laid lazily
Highlight green bok choy laughed hysterically
Sluggish egg yolk turned into cute shrubby flowers

Strange place is a world on top of a frying pan, strangers dancing together, racing towards the end that is both the mystery and the miracle.

6.21.2019