Monday, October 1, 2007

Contradicting Mind

Nothing is more beautiful in the world
Than a single piece of rose
Alas, when a bunch of roses
Tangled along the abandoned wall
Nothing is more pitiful

One stem of azalea looks lonely and boring
But hundreds and thousands
Accomplish a gorgeous sea of flowers
Whole body and mind thrown
Into the sea with ecstatic feeling forever

Right over wealth
I would spend my life
Helping the poor, I sworn
My blood was boiling over my heart
With the happiness of the noble decision

At the end of the journey
Drawers were opened to see the harvest
Full of greed, ambition, selfishness
The world of contradiction
Bewildering mind filled with sadness and regret

Kenneth N. Han
At SeoKyeong in his late age
October 1, 2007

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