The Last Leaf of 2015... No — The Leaf of October
An afternoon when the autumn rain that had lashed all midday was catching its breath,
under an autumn sky hard-won,
I met the leaf that was holding its place, alone.
#01.
The stem closed its eyes and said
This year's summer is now gone
The leaves standing beside it
let their heads droop and said
Our season too is at its end..
But thanks to that very knot
that had bound it,
that had kept anyone from ever really looking at it —
The last leaf
could finally look up at that clear autumn sky
#02.
Maybe
it's better to close one's eyes
knowing only the warm sky and the sweet rain
Maybe
staying behind alone and feeling this clear sky,
this beautiful season, all by oneself
is a crueler daily life
than even those summer days
when no one recognized its existence
2015.10.10 Byeon Chan-woo
The Last Leaf of 2015
Surviving thanks to the knot that bound me
Perhaps a crueler daily life
