너는 어떻게 내게 왔던가?
오기는 왔던가?
마른 흙을 일으키는 빗방울처럼?
빗물 고인 웅덩이처럼?
젖은 나비 날개처럼?
숲을 향해 너와 나란히 걸었던가?
꽃그늘에서 입을 맞추었던가?
우리의 열기로 숲은 좀더 붉어졌던가?
그때 너는 들었는지?
수천 마리 벌들이 일제히 날개 터는 소리를?
그 황홀한 소음을 무어라 불러야 할까?
사랑은 소음이라고?
네가 웃으며 그렇게 말했던가?
정말 그 숲이 있기는 있었던가?
그런데 웅웅거리던 벌들은 다 어디로 갔지?
꽃들은, 너는, 어디에 있지?
나는 아직 나에게 돌아오지 못했는데?
RA Hee-duk (b. 1966) was born in Nonsan, Chungnam Province and made her literary debut in 1989. She studied Korean Literature at Yonsei University and now teaches creative writing at Chosun University. Her poetry collections include To the Root (1991), The Words Stained the Leaves (1994), It Is Not That Far from Hear (1997), What It Means Grow Dark (2001), The Vanished Palm (2004), and Wild Apple (2009). As a recipient of numerous literary awards, she has explored the force of life and growth, new time for rebirth in this world, inviting so many readers to the mystery of life, unfathomable, strange, intimate, and near.
