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매거진 Soul speaks

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C.S.Lewis

by 우너 Aug 23. 2024

Good night

to all that is lost



I feel like I lost something.

Something precious,

Something I dearly held onto,

one day that something became dark and small,

Then disappeared into the thin air.


Not to somewhere I can find it

—Or that I want to


I remember how I felt when I first grew it.

I also know most vividly how I felt when it started to shrink and fade.


Process of nurturing always takes certain courage and enduring faith. When the darkness presides, it takes your leap of faith. Repeated, surely takes a toll on you.


Nonetheless, you were happy, you were glad you could embrace it wholeheartedly. That counts. That’s more than enough.


When your courage runs out, what you see as the fruits of your labored work either refuels you or exhausts you.


It is truly the feat of the heart.

But the nerves suffer, and the brain worries.


Still do not know better.


Despite it all, voices of fear didn’t even stand a chance. My heart wins, brain accepts and my nerves accommodate. They have been a great team.


What now?


Sometimes, honest reflections through others’ eyes could be brutal but eyeopening. It —often rather painfully than desired— enlightens you to elevate your state of self-awareness.



So you put your carefully chosen ingredients in and arrange them beautifully in your language of love. what would be the point of delivering it to whom it doesn’t get carried over?

The scenes of your medium of care and love going unnoticed, unappreciated, and diminished would crush and crumble you in every sense.


Too sad. Time to pause.



When you give someone a key to your heart, you are entrusting them with it for safekeeping.

doesn't mean you can poke it out of curiosity, drop it to test its limits, or stomp on it when you feel like it. That feels like betrayal to me.  



오늘 무슨 일이 생길 것만 같은

고요하고도 거친 밤공기, 바람소리, 달빛에

너의 평화롭진 않았을 것 같은

어지럽고 탁한 긴긴 하루, 너의 새벽, 빈 창가

나쁜 기억에 아파하지 않았으면

숱한 고민에 밤새우지 않았으면

Mmm, good night, good night, good night

Mmm, good night, good night, good night

또 나쁜 꿈에 뒤척이지 않았으면

빗물소리에 약한 생각 않았으면

팔베개, 입맞춤, 따뜻한 한 이불

나긋한 숨소리, 이젠 함께 아니지만

눈물과 외로움, 슬픔과 괴로움

하얗게 지운 듯 깊은 잠 예쁜 꿈속에

Mmm, good night, good night, good night

Mmm, good night, good night, good night

Good night, good night, good night, good night

Good night, good night, good night, good night

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