13) The Key

       Wolran Kim

 

I have been locking my mind, forgetting the key was inside

Through the slightly opened window

A clue was sparkling

 

The freeway crossed south and north

At the intersection of two minds

The car stands with its engine running

 

Did my soul kick the unsophisticated owner?

So didn’t she want to live together any longer?

Did she dream of betrayal?

 

Out of habit

I opened the essential door anytime

I was locked in the world

 

Every time I passed through the doors of scars

Sealed tightly, as a secret box

They opened automatically

 

The place I assumed was empty

There is someone who has revealed our secret

There is another resident

 

Toward my back turned away

Click, seems absent-minded

The sound of opening this world again