Blinds and Curtain

[Yonah Jeong]

Until now

I looked outside

through dusty blinds

Sometimes people passed by outside the window

pretending not to notice

Even when it snowed

or rained

Falling leaves

even as time passed

I peeked through the gap between the two blinds

like a voyeur

Yesterday

My son who got married and lives in the next block

hung thin curtain for me

The blinds went to the trash

It weathered hard times together

but I want to see the outside peacefully now

Looking up ahead

I see the neighbor's wall and the painted steel fence in between

And turning my head to the right

I see the neighborhood street

Small, but I can see the sky too

There is something more important

When my study grows dark, the outside grows bright

When the outside grows bright, my study grows dark

What a beautiful change.