Poetess and Nun
Sister Claudia Haein Lee is one of Korea's best-loved poets. Here is one of my favorites:
The Words "I Miss You"
As if for the first time today
These words sounds new.
"I miss you."
On a rainy day
they sound like a cello
and on a clear day
they sound like a piano.
It is your voice.
Whenever I hear the words,
they become a song.
And though I have heared the words all my life.
They still beat within my heart.
More savory than love are your words
and therein lies the sea of yearning.
That is ordinary, but very deep.
"I miss you."
Even towards me
the blue sea surges,
and to my heart
the birds fly again.
Sister Claudia Haein Lee is one of Korea's best-loved poets. Here is one of my favorites:
The Words "I Miss You"
As if for the first time today
These words sounds new.
"I miss you."
On a rainy day
they sound like a cello
and on a clear day
they sound like a piano.
It is your voice.
Whenever I hear the words,
they become a song.
And though I have heared the words all my life.
They still beat within my heart.
More savory than love are your words
and therein lies the sea of yearning.
That is ordinary, but very deep.
"I miss you."
Even towards me
the blue sea surges,
and to my heart
the birds fly again.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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