머물고 싶다

I Want to Stay Like the Weather

더위처럼

너를 숨 막히게 하고 싶다

젖은 머리카락처럼

너의 목에 들러붙고 싶다

걷어낼 수 없는 축축함이 되어

너에게 각인되고 싶다

안개 낀 서늘함

땅 냄새 두드리는 비처럼

생각하지 않아도

떨쳐버릴 수 없고

너를 입거나 벗게 하는

날씨처럼 머물고 싶다

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I want to suffocate you

Like the heat,

Cling to you

Like damp hair against your neck.

I want to be the moisture

You can’t brush away,

The imprint left on you.

Like the coolness of fog,

Like rain tapping the earth with its scent,

I want to stay—

Even when you’re not thinking of me.

I want to be the weather

You wear or shed,

But never truly escape.