FŪDO 085 · 1995 · Middle Jeju · poem

Longing

그리움

Basic information

Identifier	FŪDO 085
Title	Longing그리움
Date	1995

Short commentary

The unseen is not erased from memory. Longing is a silent time in which the absent is still kept.

Artwork text · poem

Text by Byun Joung Hoon

Under an evening the color of dried grass,
a person and a horse lean on each other
and gaze toward the end of the horizon.
A long breath and a short sigh
mingle in the same air.
The one who left beyond the horizon
can no longer be seen.
But being unseen
does not mean that memory, too, disappears.
The receding boat
joins here and there,
today and eternity.
Perhaps longing is a time of silence:
keeping the one who left standing in the heart,
and keeping watch together.
The quieter the evening,
the more clearly
that person appears.