출가외인 품안에 자식이라더니 시집을 보낸 후에는 보고 싶어도 마음대로 볼 수가 없다 아파 누웠는데도 사위에게 가도 되는 지 전화를 걸어야 한다 옆에서 간호하는 것보다 힘든 상상의 세계에서 온 몸이 아프다 늙어버린 엄마는 자식에게 짐만 지우는 가 갓 피어나는 자주 빛 난(蘭)꽃 사다놓고, 밤새 끓인 소꼬리 미역국 보온병에 담아 놓고... 가도 된다는 전화만 기다리고 또 기다리는 사슴엄마의 목이 산을 넘는 그리움. Married Daughter, Almost a Stranger The saying goes, "You can, t hold on to them forever" After she got married I cannot even see her as much as I, d like to Even when she gets sick in bed I must call my son-in-law and ask If it' s okay for me to go see her I am very much under the weather in this world of imagination Where the person tending the sick endures pain with fortitude Am I becoming an old no-good mother Who is nothing but burden to her own daughter I already bought light purple orchid that just blossomed I just finished pouring the nutritious oxtail soup into the thermos I waited and waited for the call That would tell me it was okay to come I craned my neck. Waiting with yearning. My yearnings are getting ahead of me Already climbing over many mountains