습작 영시 If one wishes

If one wishes

 

 

If one wishes to be with the river and the mountain where I was born,

All the land I would sweep with my soul, polish with my heart, then anyone could roam from  Backdu through Hanla with naked and care-free itself.    

 

If one wishes to breathe the air of my land, I would gather all of the poor people left behind, hence I would celebrate your coming with the bread and wine made of your love.

 

If one wishes to be bitter land where my dreams will come true,

My heart would be the shelter to block the skin- baring-wind for the one who is not familiar with the northern wind.

I am willing to sacrifice my bare-self to be your win the blocker.

 

If one wishes to be with the Korea where I would close my book and be a part of my land,

I would make a silver-white coffin made with the Cinnamon tree fus us and decorate it with the  start from the dark-blue midnight sky and the reserve two train tickets to our future setting.

 

21 Jan. 1990.

Suh, Sangmun

at Talpei Taiwan