come, stay and let's talk. it's a good day to be alive
have you realized
your heart is beating?
as if it is another creature saying,
“I am alive!”
it is beating
even the moment
you ponder on this
and surprise, surprise:
that heart is you.
you are the heart
incessantly beaming at the world
even if you are tired, sad, or depressed
remember this.
the heart is you.
1.23.2023
one is enough
among the many, one is enough.
enough to fill the heart with sunset
enough to feel the touch deep in the chest
one is enough among the many.
so, stop dozing off in that corner of the room.
get up, and brace yourself for a parade
one day your chance will come too soon
you’ll want to catch it at any rate
let that star be shining upon you;
the lucky ones, unlucky ones, all of you.
for the brave heart deserves a respect
may it venture the world with a circumspect
1.1.2023
it was as if the sky had cleared
by a water fall of shooting stars
across the stratosphere
a hot, thundering roar passed by.
what’s left is reverberating, spacious, and cool.
like an ironclad hammered
in smouldering ember,
cooled in deep blue ocean,
my head was clear like deep space,
full of wonders, possibilities, and unknowns
my heart willingly churning
for more adventures.
suddenly, all my fears became jokes
for hearty laughters.
what gives?
will this last?
I am just grateful to have a glimpse
through this window of clarity.
let’s see what we have for tomorrow.
11.28.2022
live with a full heart
churning fiery energy
to look afar
but listen to your body
trust your heart
take a leap of faith
if all fails, do restart
it will be worth the wait
live with a full heart
you won’t regret it
it is living form of an art
life’s fun is in it
10.18.2022
dear, I wish you love.
yes, don’t be sorry
be merry
in what you do,
what you choose to become
be happy
and yes, it would be nice
if you stayed
a little longer by my side
but go where your heart tells
I will be content
in knowing your heart is full.
9.23.2022
where is the fire within your heart?
lighting your path beyond time and space?
warming those around you and lighten up?
keeping you awake at every waking moment?
where is your virtue?
where do you lay your head?
what song do you sing out of your heart?
why do you wake up each morning?
where is the fire within your heart?
춥고 어둔 순간에도
주변에 있는 모두를 따스하게 하던
너의 불꽃은 어디있는가.
그대는 정녕 가슴 뛰는 삶을 살고 있는가.
7.31.2022
7.31.2022
please let me keep my warmth;
it is a cold, cold world here.
and this white blizzard does not seem to die down.
I must keep going, I know I must,
but it is darn too cold.
warmth I once knew like the glaring sun
dwindled down into a candle fire.
please let me keep my warmth;
it’s darn too cold here.
7.4.2022
once in awhile, I let myself walk in the rain
letting raindrops hit against my body
it’s liberating, somehow
like a tower of sand I built as a child
shells of some kind around body starts melting
as the raindrop seeps into my heart
I wonder what it is about the rain
that brings this gravitas
5.6.2022
chirping of the blue bird
a solemn song for those forgotten;
for the unsung heroes who heard
the call long forsaken
it reverberates as break of dawn
commemorates who’ve fallen
3.22.2022
그녀의 노래를 들었다.
그녀와 이야기하고 있는 동안엔
심드렁했던 마음이
주춤주춤 춤을 추기 시작하더니
그녀만을 바라는 해바라기가 되었다
참 웃기지 아니한가
가지려면 가질 수 없고
버려질 것을 감수하면 얻을 수 있다는게
참 무섭지 아니한가
괴롭고도 고통스러운 길이
오직 살길이라는 사실이
I listened to her playlist.
my heart, that remained indifferent
when talking to her
started little bit by bit to dance
eventually becoming a sunflower
gazing towards her only
isn’t it funny
things you grasp onto will escape away
but things you let go will come to your side
isn’t it frightening
this painful and fearful path
is the one and only path to survival
3.6.2022
Ralph with Coffee 
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