거울

The Mirror

울음을 참을 때 당신은 어디에 있나요?

눈물 고인 눈동자 안에,

벌게진 얼굴과 목덜미에—

아니면 꽉 조이는 명치에 있습니까?

혹시, 손톱이 손바닥에 파묻히도록 힘주어 쥔 주먹이 당신입니까?

당신은 거울에 비치나요?

당신 ‘자신’이 진짜

거기에 보입니까?

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Where are you when I hold back my tears?

In the teardrop-filled gaze,

In the flushed face and the nape of my neck—

Or, in the tightening of my chest?

Is it perhaps the fist, clenched so tightly

That the nails dig into the palm, that is you?

Do you reflect in the mirror?

Does your ‘self’ truly

Show itself there?