Jang Hyun Kim Poet Free verse

Why I Write

The reason I write poetry
Is not because I love you.
It is because when you love someone else
And shed tears for that person,
I loved even those tears of yours—
That is why I am writing poetry now.

And my poetry exists because, when you love someone,
Right there for you,
I loved even the love of the one you love.
That is the reason I am writing poetry now.

Therefore,
Do not forget my love.
For I am already a being
Who has transcended my own love for you.

In the beginning, my existence was this:
When you so easily forgot my love,
I had to send my tears away upon the cold wind,
Shedding tears all by myself.

And when you truly loved someone else and wept,
I was a being who had to swallow my own tears in secret,
Watching your retreating figure from afar.

But now, I have transcended all such loves,
And I have become the light
That protects you.

Also, remember:
The reason I still write poetry to this moment
Is for you, and you alone,
Who are reading these very lines right now.

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