10) The Wall Mirror
Wolran Kim
In her premature new apartment
Still never hung
A heavy wall mirror stands vertically
Her smile that was sold in a lease
Just finished moving fearlessly
“Mother, I need two strong nails
I want to hang this sideways above the sofa like the horizon”
A mercury glass wall reflecting only her upper body
The border that may touch the sky or sea
Must make a right angle with the direction of gravity
It should hold weight as slight as a spring wind
It should read even uneasily
Her morning silhouette that she wears again
And the back view of the sunset after her day
It should hear the sound of waves coming over her
It should pass through the blocking shadows of the mountain before her
It should carve her full length, standing on her short arms and legs
Not her surging hair on top of the shoulders of her torso
Can she adjust the glance between her right and left eyes?
Can it show the Seven Dwarfs, not just Snow White and the queen?
I just wish her lonely nest never gets possessed by the glare
Under the roof of a storming life
I’m going to buy two strong, long nails
Which will steady her mornings after changing her mind all night
I wish her picture, hung on the wall
Is not just freedom inside a double locked one bedroom
But the road where she can find her way out through the porch
I hope it is the sky
I hope it is the sea
The border of her bangs brushed away
When she fixes her hair facing the mirror