치매증세를 넘나드는 중에도 오늘은 유난히 맑은 정신으로 5년만에 만난 며느리와 농담을 주고 받는 시아버님 이 순간이 고마워 목이 메인다
유순한 눈길로 며느리의 손길을 지켜보는 시아버지와 죄스럽고 안스러운 마음으로 여윈 발등을 닦고 있는 며느리 바라보는 아들의 눈길이 따스하다
덕지덕지 쌓였던 각질이 따뜻한 물속에서 풀어지듯 그리움에 찌든 가슴이 햇살 속에서 풀어지는 어느 따스한 겨울날이다
"One Warm Day"
Cha SinJae
The day when sunbeams came through the window Soaking the entire living room floor I was washing my sick Father in law's feet.
Just as those long stayed callus Got macerated in warm water peeling off layer after layer, Estranged memories were also peeled off one by one. Who am I? My daughter in law Papa, very sharp. Shall I be sharper? My pretty bright eldest daughter in law, ha ha ha. Wow! My Papa is indeed very sharp.
Even amid dementia on and off. Today in his exceptionally bright mind With a daughter in law, he has not seen for five years He could even joke So grateful for the time together, I got a lump in my throat.
With soft and amorous eyes Father in law watched helping hands of daughter in law With her heart feeling undeserving and sorry The daughter-in-law wiped the top of his lean feet. Warm was the glances from his son.
Just as the thickly stacked up dead skin cells Got dissolved into warm water, The heart, worn out by yearnings Got also dissolved by warm sunbeams On one sunny winter day.
"If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. 그런데 스승이며 주인 내가 너희의 발을 씻어주었으니 너희도 서로 발을 씻어주어야 한다. 내가 너희에게 한 일을 너희도 그대로 하라고 본을 보여준 것이다." -요한복음John 13:14-15
