Category Archives: Poetry

Story of Mirror

Toward Palm Sunday One morningI stood before the mirror— and something small,almost nothing,unsettled me: my left handhad become the right,my right the left. If the mirror were faithful to the end,my feet would rise upward,my head hang downlike a lantern … Continue reading

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A Confession of Vaulting Box

The box stood there—small to others,but to methe first mountain. I ran,touched the edge,failed—and when it rose a little higher,fear grew beyond measure. So I turned awayand called it truth. — A quiet cloud followed—standing just outsideevery circle. Others flew—light … Continue reading

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“Prayer”

Prayer is creation— the sprouting of life formed out of nothing, a rainbow bridge painted across the open sky, the fiery chariot of the sun rising through the darkness. Prayer is blessing. By the Spirit who led Israel, prayer becomes … Continue reading

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기도

기도는 창조입니다 무에서 빚어지는 생명의 움터옴 창공에 그려지는 오색의 무지개 다리 어둠을 뚫고 솟아오르는 태양의 불마차 기도는 축복입니다. 이스라엘 민족을 이끈성령에 힘입어 기도는 피난처입니다. 상하고 지친 영혼, 기도는 무형의 재산입니다. 기도는 힘의 근원입니다 기도는 겸손입니다 기도는 사랑입니다 – 윤 완희, … Continue reading

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Daily Affairs Against Aging

– In memory of KwangJu Democratic Upraising Fire from the Temple of Hera at Olympia—an ancient flame crossing oceans,gathering the scattered hearts of the worldinto a single trembling bowl of light. The sacred mirror bends toward the sky,and for a … Continue reading

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Cliff

– Demilitarized Zone I remember the person who arranged lives—yes, the matchmaker with her careful phrases,her practiced kindness, her small, shining lies—and I remember how I stood there, listening,knowing the life she offered was not the one breathing in me. … Continue reading

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Waiting

The rails curve out of sight,and I can’t say where they leador where I stand along them. It seems everything has cometo a kind of waiting. The old quarrels, the hurrythat once carried me forward,have grown still—like a field at … Continue reading

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베드로의 통곡

지금은 차라리 아무 말도 하지 않겠습니다 가슴 속에 웅크리고 있는 천 만마디의 언어들 훌훌히 털어 버리고 모두가 ‘나 때문이요’라고 흐느끼겠습니다. 새벽 녁 닭이 울기 전, ‘나는 그를 모르오!’ ‘나는 그를 모르오!’ ‘나는 그를 모르오!’ 계집종의 질타에 당신을 욕하고 저주하며 돌아서다 … Continue reading

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Peter’s Lament

Before the rooster crowed at dawn, “I do not know Him!” “I do not know Him!” “I do not know Him!” And when I turned away—cursing and denying You before the servant girl’s accusation— I met Your sorrowful eyes. Lord, … Continue reading

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Spirit

Within the ice—clear as judgment,unforgiving as truth—I stand uncovered before You, clothed in garmentsnot woven by my own hands,borrowed gloriesthat fall awayin the light of Your seeing. The tongues I once forgotreturn now as witness—fragments of a lost covenant,echoes of … Continue reading

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