Poet Park Jin-gwan's 53rd Prophet's 34th View. 32, June is the month of hope
June is the month of hope
Martial law was declared last winter
If martial law had not been prevented that day
The military dictatorship would have been exclusive
If it had not been for the patriots, today I would have been in prison
With both hands frozen and my body weak
Those who declared martial law failed
They are not fools, they only make a signal
That there were no soldiers who believed and followed it
They who declared martial law do not know
A woman who blocked the bullet with her whole body
Even though her body is weak, she endured the humiliation
Because of that humiliation, we will prevent the terrifying martial law
We will stop the brutal martial law forces
And on June 3rd, the door to a new era will open
I believe that day will be the day we greet that day
It is the duty of a soldier to protect the country
But they aim their guns at their own people The forces that were trying to spread out in this era, like the Chun Doo-hwan forces that tried to rule by machine gun fire, are they really soldiers of a certain country? When I see those who praise them,
I can tell that they are not human.
Even beasts show affection for their own kind,
And throw away their bodies for their own kind,
How much more so is the reality that humans divide in such a cruel manner.
I cannot help but judge them.
If there were foolish people who failed to stop martial law on December 3, 2024,
I would have lived with a body that could not help but record the sad day of June,
And I would have lived with the fate of having to walk a rough path,
And it would have been a season that recorded the pain of fate that had to protect the fate of a truly cruel country.
Standing at the crossroads where the blue month of June returns,
I had to hear the sound of cruel military boots.
I had to become a soldier who cherished his body,
Like the monks of the Joseon Dynasty who swore that
Or like the volunteer soldiers who threw their bodies into the heavens,
To protect the land where only humans live,
With the body of a saint for that purpose.
I think of the body of fate that had to live
June is a new hope from the cruel month
We all have to come forward for that day
While saying that, the greatest in the Sangha
In the era of the movement to drink Zen tea
We must lay the foundation for reviving Zen tea culture
And become pioneers who stand tall in this era
For those who want to declare martial law, we must sentence them to death
And prevent them from ever playing a human role on this land
We must do that, but we still have compassion for humanity
So we are moving to abolish the death penalty
So we will apply the law that fits the death penalty
And make them live in prison with life imprisonment
When we see that life imprisonment is a law given to murderers
In June, let's realize the true world with new hope.
May 20, 2025