Dil ki baatein dil tak hi thi,
Ya phir meri baaton mein bhi uska dil tha?
Uske dil mein chhupa hua ek raaz tha,
Jo dil ki jagah naino ne bayan kar diya.
Uski aankhon mein ek kahani thi,
Jismein har lafz meri nishani thi.
Woh khamosh thi, par keh rahi thi bahut,
Uski chup bhi ek zubaani thi.
Uske chehre pe jo halki si jhalak thi,
Woh mere sawaalon ki chhuti kasak thi.
Jaise woh meri dhadkan ko sun rahi ho,
Jaise mere khwaabon ko chun rahi ho.
Meri baaton ka asar tha, ya sirf fizaa,
Uski har ada mein chhupa tha mazaa.
Par uski khamoshi mein chhupa ek darr tha,
Jaise woh khud se hi bekhabar tha.
Ab bhi sochta hoon, woh kya kehna chahti,
Kya uski nigaahein mujhe apna maanti?
Ya yeh sirf mera bharam tha, koi chhalawa,
Jismein main dooba, magar usne bachaya?
Kahani adhuri hai, na jaanoon main khud,
Kya uske dil ka safar tha yeh jud?
Par itna yakeen hai, woh ehsaas saccha tha,
Uski aankhon mein jhalka jo sapna tha.
~Shruti
South Korea’s thirteenth guide, who rode Korea as his chariot
Only for six breathes, guided by the thirteenth star of Iscariot
Under the hoofs, he defiled the white flag, as yin and yang turned again
The slave of Seokga, the demiurge of sinful men
Hungry ghost of Chun Doo-hwan, the cornerstone of the people's burden
Killed by the bamboo dragon, the Korean people as one
Opened wide by the dragon’s teeth, showing a slave afraid of the sun
Running away from the dragon and sun, giving up the fight
Enduring all this, the dragon looked to Mount Sorak, to see a light
A bonghwang, with wings wide and free, shining through the flag of white
bruised tank top
name’s been scratched out
a guy jumps over the net fence,
out of the dog’s yard
smoother than the water in a wine glass.
guy says “what you talkin’ bout”
and then it’s nothing but nothing words and prepositions
i remember the dog’s name was Mocha
covered in scars
a black belt in Wing Chun
currently majoring in Philosophy
which is even more scary
some guy said to me that people like us
are actually kings
they all said the same thing
but they were all right, you know
maybe i just didn’t think of it
A moment,
A whisper, a Scent.
Fast forward-gone.
Blink, turn, reality of time.
Fast or Slow
Quicker than a thought.
Regret, Sorrow, Tears,
Remembrance.
In Sorrow we mourn,
Those we'll never see again.
Remembrance,
is all that we have.
Memories are all that are left.
Regret of words never said,
If only we spoke,
If only we said,
If only is to late.
Precious is time,
yet an enemy of mine.
K.Chun ©5.31.18
*In memory of Auntie Myrt
March 11, 1933 – May 26, 2018
Think... Think... Think...
Structure, Observe, Ponder.
Think, Think, Think.
Wonder, Debate, Analyze.
Think, Think, Think.
Maybe? Possibly? Probably...
Think, Think, Think.
To much? Overload, Stress.
Think, Think, Think.
Neurons Firing, Waves Crashing.
Think, Think, Think!
Run, Flee, Hide!
Think, Think, Think.
Safe? Silent? Invisible?
Think, Think, Think.
Peer, Peek, Glimpse.
Think, Think, Think.
Withdraw, Withhold, Deviate.
Think, Think, Think.
Breathe, Decision made,
Don't Think.
©K.Chun 2.1.18
In a time of loss,
there is only sorrow.
Cry not for what is gone,
Rejoice in memories past.
Feel a thought, feel a whisper.
Until we meet again...
Remember
©K.Chun 3.4.17
Dedicated to Dee Watson 2017 R.I.P
Words that have no meaning.
Living in a glass globe,
Easily shaken by a whim.
Hoping for a different outcome,
knowing there is none.
Glowing stars in a night so dark,
sun shining on a day so bleak.
Words I cannot find,
to finish this write.
Stuck in shadows and fraught with peril,
No answers left to give an answer.
Perhaps in time
Those words will fall.
Another time, another place.
Love knows no bounds,
Yet a place it will find.
©k.chun 12.1.16
In a world quiet
Don't make a sound.
Know a limit, set your bounds.
in every shade.
Love what you have
for it is golden.
Tarnish not those simple words,
Love is complexity only you can know.
Question not the vows you took,
Forever more the ties that bind.
©K. Chun 6.5.2016
In a perfect world-
There would be no contempt.
In a perfect world-
There would be no discord.
Perfection does not exist;
Humanity through all its perceptions
is what it will be.
There are strength in numbers
and hysteria in the masses.
Create the space you can call your own.
Let not the small opinions of others
reflect upon the mirrors of your soul.
Know that you are strong.
Know that you are loved.
Know that there are those that would burn it all-
While others would stand proud with you!
©K. Chun 12.3.2015
In a world of chaos, you are my serenity.
In ever changing times, you are my rock.
You make me smile, you make me laugh.
You are mine, as I am yours.
Together we will make this world ours.
Forever and a day, you and me.
I love you more than you could ever know.
You are my everything, my peace, my cake.
©K. Chun 6.24.15
Forever in our minds,
Forever in our hearts.
Eternity will be yours,
for to forget we will not.
Many a years you lived,
a presence you once were.
Touched forever the lives of today,
from moments of yesterday.
You gave of yourself everyday,
even though tomorrow will never come.
Missed you will be,
but you will live on.
Generations come and go,
but memories will forever stay.
Dedicated to Ellen Arlene Guy. R.I.P. 1921-2015
©K. Chun 6.18.15
Smash it,
Break it,
Throw it on the ground.
A fit to see
that no one ever will.
A quiet pain suffered in silence.
Cracked in pieces and shattered still.
Reckless moments,
no one will understand.
Broken shells of what once was whole,
Nothing the same as was before.
©K. Chun 5.31.15
Slaughter me in a bed of roses;
Color so red you'll never see.
Pain so great the thorns beyond your notice.
I'll give you everything I am.
Suffer me until the end,
For i am the fool that will bleed.
I am the one that took it for granted.
My tears will shed like a second skin.
My heart will break like no tomorrow.
Sorry that i should of seen,
It was never meant to be in the end.
Water not the garden now,
for flowers withered will not grow.
I made my peace with what it was,
now I'll cry those tears of strife.
Give me back what once we had.
Make it right if it was wrong
Fool me once but never again,
the truth will set you free.
I loved you once in passion innocent,
Now love me back,
If that is what you will it to be.
©K. Chun 5.31.15
A year ago today,
I had to say goodbye.
Life went on and continued on its way.
Your humor, your smile, your depth of honesty.
Lost in a moment that seemed like yesterday.
Poorer are we all the day you passed away.
Moments lost and conversations never to be had.
Yet memories will live on in bits of everyday.
Today I mourn the fact that memories are all that remain.
You are missed in ways that will never be forgotten,
Forever to be remembered,
Immortal in hearts that live today.
©K.Chun 2.27.2015
Dedicated to Colleen Fitzpatrick, 1952-2014 R.I.P.
That unfinished verse I meant to type.
you know that writing I showed and meant to finish.
I was so upset I could not do it.
Life will give me what it may.
I will fight it every step of the way.
Lay me down and finish me out.
I'm done fighting what may not be.
I will give all I am,
I can not fight what I should of been.
I am weak in the fight I should maintain.
I will give it all in hopes that something will remain.
You are my only blessing,
You are my only happiness.
I will not fight, but I will cry.
A loneliness you will never understand.
Something inside that will never die.
I wish that you and I will never see the other side.
For abandon me and it will never be the same.
© K.CHUN. 11.25.14
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