FŪDO 067 · 1983 · Middle Jeju · poem

The Gale

풍랑

Basic information

Identifier	FŪDO 067
Title	The Gale풍랑
Date	1983

Short commentary

Even when the place of return collapses, life can begin again if another being remains beside us.

Artwork text · poem

Text by Byun Joung Hoon

The wind swept across the field.
The thatched house collapsed to one side,
and the stone wall lost its shape.
Far away, beneath the horizon,
an old person and a horse stand leaning on each other.
The house could not protect the person,
but the person and the horse
are still protecting one another.
What fell was the house,
not the companionship.
Even when the place of return has fallen,
if one presence remains beside us,
life begins again.