웃음

망설이다가 걷기 시작했다.
딱히 할게 없었지만 멈춰있기 싫었다.
걷다 보니 가을 공기가 맑다는걸 알았다.
태양빛이 밝았다.
머릿카락을 스치는 나뭇가지들을 비추고
길을 비추는 그 빛이 좋았다.
미소를 지어 보았다.
따뜻한 햇살이, 맑은 하늘이, 아름다운 풍경이
미소를 짓는듯 하였다.
혼자가 아니라는걸 기억하게 주는 이 순간이
감사했다.

10.12.2024

Spirit

I don’t know what to call it.
Memory? Shadow? Spirit?
One moment you see a person,
the next, you don’t see them.
Your friend, your mom or dad, your teacher,
one moment you see them with your eyes.
the next, you don’t.
So you believe.
You believe they are there with you.
just out of sight,
but they are there with you.
When I walk on the street,
or sit in an empty room,
I feel their presence.
And I remember/sense/imagine:
The way they talk,
the way they gesture,
the way they tell you
that they love you.
it is unmistakable.
I want to tell them:
“I remember all of you”
so I try leaving such tenderness
in the hearts of those dear to me.
As they have done for me.

5.4.2023