beach side story.., East Sea Korea Nov 30 2007

nobody was there
other than some remains of the fabulous party
in the last summer..

no whispers anymore..
but the roaring sounds of tide
which kept reminding me of
the irrevocableness and nothingness of the rich reality..

neither breeze was blowing
other than knife edge cruelty of a blizzard

cutting my skin sharp into a number of pieces..

Georges Moustaki.. Il y'avait un jardin

문득 고개 들면.. dangling solitude above my head.., Dundas and University Street Toronto Dec 2 2009

Passing lots of people after work
heading home in a hurry
along with a long queue of red tail lights,

I just stopped to look up..
to find your solitude as well as mine
living in town..
not many leaves of our season left..

들뜬 마음으로 퇴근길을 서두르는
많은 사람들과 차량으로 붐비는
도심 한복판을 하염없이 걷다가..
문득 바라본 검은 하늘엔..

너의 고독이.. 그리고 내 고독이
대롱대롱 바람에 흔들리고 있더군..

그나마 얼마남지도 않은 그 쓸쓸함들이..

삶 blown away like dust.., Wolfrey and Broadview Toronto Nov 19 2009

still managed to be part of the mother tree
the leaves had been hardly shattered by the stormy wind
during the whole night..

all of a sudden , one leave was blown away into the darkness
then, two, three... countless..
leaves were being scattered away in every other directions..
getting back to where they'd come from..
like dust in the wind..

so do i will.. sooner or later..
.. under the sheath of time..

제 어미 나무에 겨우 겨우 붙어있었던 나뭇닢들이
늦은 밤 내내 태풍같은 바람에 세차게 흔들리고 있었다.

그러다 한닢이 바람에 날려 어두움 속으로 살아지고..
그리곤, 다음 잎, 다음 잎..
셀 수 없는 잎들이 사방으로 흩어져
그들이 왔던 곳으로 돌아갔다..
마치 먼지처럼..

조만간 나 역시 세월에 칼날 앞에..
그렇게 먼지처럼 스러져 갈것을..