고고하게 당신은 불타고 있었던걸까.
당신의 욕망은 옆에서 묵묵히 지켜보고 있었다.
한 사람, 한 사람, 불 태우고 떠나가는 모습을 보며
여유롭게 웃고 있는 당신의 생각이 궁금했다.
스쳐가듯 그대의 손가락이 가리킨 곳에는
어두운 장막이 모든 것을 감싼 공간이 있었다.
발더둥을 쳐도, 미친듯이 소리를 질러도,
아무것도 들리지도, 보이지 않는 그 공간 속에
고고하게 불타고 있는 당신의 눈빛을
나는 어렴풋이 기억하고 있다.
5.11.2026
Tag: love
J
Did we love?
I’d say we did.
When you brought me into your home
and gave me a bowl of dumpling soup
and a bottle of vinegar,
I found myself submerged
in the kaleidoscope of your world
and only after I had reemerged
I knew it was love.
in your absence — as the knowledge you were gone had begun to settle —
I discovered a cruel determination
was the only reason I bring myself to the world in the morning.
Inflamed in self-hatred,
I grinded my way forward, or
stupefying my eyes to escape.
Now I realize
I had not yet to thank you.
Thank you for bearing with me.
For your bare honesty and trust in me
had allowed me to know
I could be accepted, trusted, and loved.
I felt alive, perhaps for the first time.
For that, I am grateful to you.
4.24.2026
Y
홀로 서있는 너를 보았다.
떠나는 나를 보고 슬퍼하는 너를 향해
앞으로 달려갔다.
우리가 마주한지 많은 해가 지내갔다.
마지막으로 너를 마주했던 나는 어렸다.
아무것도 모른채, 오직 너만을 바랬다.
그 후로 목숨을 걸 수 밖에 없는 순간들이 많았다.
뒤돌아설 수도, 도망칠 수도 없는 순간들을
정신 없이 싸우고 살아남고 나니 깨달았다.
나는, 너를, 정말로, 진심으로 좋아했고,
이 세상에, 그만큼, 중요한것은, 사실은, 없다는걸.
죽음이 내 앞에 앉아 기다리고 있다 한들,
나는 떳떳하게 말할 수 있다는걸 깨달았다.
그 모든 순간들의 역경을 버티고
나에게 주어진 짤막한 순간에
나는 너에게 마지막의 웃음을 지으며 이렇게 말한다.
"야, 내가 너를 많이 좋아하는거, 알지?"
내 눈이 너의 눈을 바라 보았고
나는 너의 입술에 입을 맞췄다.
그 순간, 나는 꿈에서 깨어났다.
4.22.2026
Guardians
In the early evening in New York City,
I walked into a tin can subway train
from Washington Heights station infested with mice,
pulled out my MacBook, and start typing away my research paper.
My concentration was broken only
when three convivial middle aged Black joggers entered the same car.
In between giggles of two women, the Black man said —
“Whew, did not know this neighborhood that safe!”
And each set in a respective seats that formed a triangle around me.
Proud, dignified, exhuming adrenergic from a recent run,
they laughed and chatted like a clear-day sunlight.
Among them in my feigned naïveté and gravitas, I basked in their magnificence.
As the train rumbled through into the Downtown New York,
People started coming in — armored in Patagonia vests, Theory coats, and On sneakers.
As the chirping of young, flush, White professionals, lauding their inebriated blindness grew louder
the three gradually became mum, withering into three tree branches.
Soon, the quietly exited the car.
I left the roaring subway car after a couple stops.
Their story had smeared on my heart
And I knew I would remember them for a long time,
keeping their secret to myself.
4.21.2026
바람
Glimmering
Warm and bright, white light filled the universe
As much as my eyes could embrace the world,
each molecule bursted into golden kaleidoscope of the sun
you were eternally smiling, filled with innocent joy and love
with your eyes, imploring to join you in your song.
Levitating, swooning and swirling in smooth and sweet melody,
we walked the path ever so bright and fearless.
3.9.2026
Comparison
Thought I was being smart
preparing for the unknown,
becoming better than yesterday,
well, becoming better *at being better than others* than yesterday.
Instead, holding onto its sharp edge
I wondered why this matters in the first place.
As I sat in the dark,
I thought of the meal I had shared on a Thursday evening.
It was just any other day.
It lasted only an hour or two,
but I vividly remember I was there.
And the words I have heard,
the stories that were told,
and the ideas that were exchanged
are not something I want to dismiss
as just a moment of reverie.
It mattered.
It has shown me something that mattered.
I choose to believe the reason lies in there,
to keep on holding on.
And to believe it will work out in the end.
2.28.2026
Fragment
Brighter
Supernova
Let the line come in.
Let it pierce through the curtain of darkness.
Let it burst in to eternal warmth and peace.
Let it shine on those unseen in the shadows,
warmth to the heart of those in pain,
and protection for those in need.
2.25.2026









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