—Lonely
From the past…
I used to do a lot of writing on my own… anything from something that happened to me that day or things that I read about in a book or something I witnessed in the street on my way to school or work. I used to save them in my draft box of my email account as I write them on my phone but with no one to send or share it with. This entry I found was written on… April 24th, 2010. And the beauty of it is… three years later, I don’t remember to whom I was talking to. But I find it fascinating and meaningful.
—-
“Jisu, can I tell you something sweet?”
I expected a greeting, a compliment, or anything I heard of in the past that left me with impressions as a phrase to start a conversation or to break the ice with absolutely no meaning or truth behind it. But it ended up being the most beautiful and sweet thing I have ever heard of in the past twenty one years of my life.
“Six years ago from today was the first time I ever kissed a boy, my boyfriend.”
I stopped and looked at her as she finished her sentence. She had the biggest smile on her face and I could have probably argued with anyone that she was the happiest person in this world at that given moment. I tried to think back to the time when I could tell the world that I was the happiest and luckiest person that ever existed.
다행이다
그대를 만나고 그대의 머릿 결을 만질 수가 있어서
그대를 만나고 그대와 마주보고 숨을 쉴 수 있어서
그대를 안고서 힘이 들면 눈물 흘릴 수가 있어서 다행이다
그댈 아는 아름다운 세상이 여기 있어줘서
거친 바람 속에도 젖은 지붕 밑에도
홀로 내팽개쳐져 있지 않다는 게
지친 하루살이와 고된 살아남기가
행여 무의미한 일이 아니라는 게
언제나 나의 곁을 지켜주던
그대라는 놀라운 사람 때문이란 걸
그대를 만나고 그대와 나눠 먹을 밥을 지을 수 있어서
그대를 만나고 그대의 저린 손을 잡아줄 수 있어서
그대를 안고서 되지 않는 위로라도 할 수 있어서 다행이다
그댈 아는 아름다운 세상이 여기 있어줘서
거친 바람 속에도 젖은 지붕 밑에도
홀로 내팽개쳐져 있지 않다는 게
지친 하루살이와 고된 살아남기가
행여 무의미한 일이 아니라는 게
언제나 나의 곁을 지켜주던
그대라는 놀라운 사람 때문이란 걸
그대를 만나고 그대의 머릿결을 만질 수가 있어서
— 이적
—Everythings Gonna Be Alright
On a particularly vulnerable day like today…
“Everything is going to be alright.”





