We would meet,
You in your world,
I in mine,

And look up at the
Bright full moon,

While wondering,
What kind of world this is;
To leave children crying,

How can we save this world?
How can we change children's lives?
How can we touch the sky?

You and I have different views of the sky,

You and I have been together,
For a long time,

Time has past,
Yet our friendship still lasts,

You and I agree on one thing,
When you sing;
You bring light into this dark world,
And save the children's lives,

I want to say, Thank you! Thank you! ...

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Have you ever felt,
The world you live in,
Has been turned inside out?

Have you ever felt,
The time you were,
born into is the wrong time?

Have you ever felt,
that if you could travel back,
one hundred years,

You could change things,
With courage?

I do!

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This was an amazing day!
I found my true love today,

I found that one person I want to be with forever and ever!
A person I truly care about and endeavor to love unconditionally.
That very special person I want to spend time with.


In spite of what other people think or say about our relationship.
That special someone that I care about more than myself,
That one love that very few find
In a single lifetime.

This was an amazing day!


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Hello, old Friend

I've been here before;
In my memories,
In my dreams,
I've seen you before,

In your dark eyes, I see reflections of my soul,

Is this a dream again?

I'm finally standing here with you, where I belong,
Looking at the bright lights of Korea's Seoul,

I've been waiting so long,
Am I finally here?

I'm not afraid anymore,

I'm with my old friend,
Exploring Korea's Seoul,
Wondering what we should do next,

Am I finally home where I belong?

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I am afraid of getting sick.
I am afraid of having to stay inside all the time in my bed.
I am afraid that I will lose all my friends.
I am afraid that my friends will be scared of me because I am sick.
I am even scared my friends will think they can catch this cancer from me.

I am afraid of losing my hair.
I am afraid of all those chemicals the doctors are giving me.
I am afraid that my life will end in pain.
I am afraid that my brain is going to stop working.
I am even afraid I will never have ice cream again.

I want to get healthy again.
I want my hair to grow back.
I want to go outside and play in the sunshine.
I want I want this cancer to disappear.
I even want to taste ice cream again.

I want to ride my bicycle down to the ocean pier.
I want to have my twenty first birthday party.
I want to go shopping for new clothes.
I want to play with all my friends.

I even want to help others who have this horrible disease cancer.

Most of all!
I wish this horrible nightmare of cancer was just a bad dream.

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Dreams of an impossible past,
Dreams of a hungry child living in a magical place;

Dreaming as a child of fairy tales, fables and legends;
Dreaming of white tigers, dragon kings, fox girls, and foolish brides;

As a child, I never understood their meanings,
Yet listening to mother speak,
Filled me up with wondrous things,

Now, In the last four years,
These dreams of impossible things
have captured me again,

In my twilight years
with trembling hands,
I try to capture these dreams of an
impossible time,
From my fading memories
of impossible things.


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Inside the meaning of ourselves, the poets and songwriters look.
Just the thought of tears makes my spirit hurt!
Always looking, never seeing the words through the rain.

After the dogs of summer stop barking the dreamers breathe,
After the rain of the evening, the poets and songwriters learn.
In the stillness and cool-ness the dreamers rejoice!

All the ghosts have begun humming again.
Beside the river of tears, my mind thinks.
After the rain, sunny memories sing!


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Where is the misty street?
Action, exhaustion, and noise.

Noisy, cold guys calmly shove an old, small car.
Faith is a grimy street.
Where is the misty car?
Where is the grimy street?
Why does the guy shrink?
Work, anger, and love.

Hoods walk!
The rain runs like a cold hood.
Ooh, hope and faith!

Rainbow buses ride the streets.

Cars talk!
Streets run like cold doors.
Hoods stop like noisy sidewalks.
Action is a black cab ride.

Why does the sidewalk shrink?

Where is the fast cigarette?

Never fight a flower.
Cherry blossoms in spring.

Splendid, bustling night market, Dongdaemun
Bright nights of food and fun.

Arirang playing out loud.


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Standing here,
Looking at the stars,

Thinking!

How can I send my
Love to your heart?

I plant red roses for you at my life's end. Hoping one
Will find its way for perfection to hold one day. Roses
Travel so far
Across space and
Time. Roses awake every Spring
And sing their song of beauty all summer long. I send my love to you Across time and
Space,
To hold close to your heart to
Say I love you

I stand here looking at the stars. How can I send my
Love to
You to hold close to your heart one day?


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This night is so dark, as dark as storm clouds,

Without your shining light!
I don't remember who I am,

The cold winter winds blowing,
Are making my heart feel so cold,

The afternoon breeze shook
The branches of the trees,
Leaves, fall like tears,

Where has the warm summer gone?
My heart feels so cold, as cold as winter winds,

This countryside looks like a painting,
With dark storm clouds,
Without your bright shining light,

The night is so very dark,
Without your shinning soul to warm my heart,
I don't remember who I am.

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Waiting for you in the bright moonlight,

Some nights I don't want to do anything;

I don't want to leave you,
I don't want to miss you,
I don't want to fall asleep,

I never get tired of waiting for you,

I'm afraid to close my eyes,

Waiting for you in the bright moonlight,
Oh, my love,
I can't forget you.

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Cold has arrived;
Tonight I see snow falling from the sky,

It seems like for a thousand lifetimes I have,
Waited to stand before you,
To feel the cold white flakes tickle my nose!
To feel the cold white flakes touch my lips!

It seems like for a thousand lifetimes I have,
Waited to stand in front of you,

The flowers have gone,
The snow is falling like white rose pedals,
Snow flakes falling on the water look like sparking diamonds,

It seems like for a thousand lifetimes I have,
Waited to stand along side of you,

Standing here looking at you covered in pure white,
So cold, so beautiful you are,
Yet! Looking at you, makes my heart feel warm,
Tears fall from my eyes; I missed you,

It seems like for a thousand lifetimes I have waited,

To walk alongside a river named 'Han'.


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When I look far to the East, I suddenly realize that,
I've been standing here for a very long time,

Our beginning has been the longest ride,

A journey for nearly three years,

It's still summer time in my mind;

I remember “Rolling in The Deep,”
I remember finding Seoul,
I remember looking far to the East,
into this new world and seeing a miracle,

You send me dreams of our past,
You send me amazing things,

I miss you!

I only hope the circle of time brings
me back home again.


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Your beauty is in a time so far away that I can never reach,

I stand here in the February 17 snow
and raise a glass of wine to the past,

Your beauty is in a time so far away, that I can never reach,

Your smile is like blooming cherry blossoms in the springtime
Your eyes are as dark and beautiful as Tahitian pearls,

Your beauty is in a time so far away, that I can never reach,

My love for your beauty and charm will always last,

For more than one thousand years your name,
has not been forgotten,

And until the end of time,
My beautiful Queen Seondeok! of Silla,
Your beauty and charm will always last!

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I've always known you were just a dream,
When morning comes, only memories of you are left behind,

I want to think quietly,
To not forget you,

Write words about love and you,

How can such thoughts come from something unreal?

I turn on the lights at midnight,
But I can't stop these thoughts of you,

Dreams of love that make me miss you,
Someone that does not exist,

Every minute, Every second

How can I forget someone like you?

When I've almost forgotten you,
I fall asleep and
You visit me in my dreams.

How can I forget a dream?

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I've forgotten,
How long it has been, since, I left my home,
A long time ago,

I've thought for a long time,

How I miss;
“The “clear song” of the magpie
that reflects the
bright and hopeful spirits” of my home
so long ago,

How, I miss my home where
the flower from heaven,
Mugunghwa blooms.

How, I miss the hard work,
As a poor farmer,

How very much I miss a kinder less
complicated time and place,
That was my home so long ago.


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We said goodbye,
We said we would not meet again,
in this lifetime,

You wrote me my first love poem,
We wrote our memories together,

At least I have my first love poem to,
keep me crying and smiling,

Memories become more quiet every day,
Silent memories set us free,

Until,
Many years later, we meet;

Silently saying hello,
You wrote me my first love poem,
My eternal Love.


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Drunk on Soju again,
Trying to forget your voice,

I said I was happy just talking to you,
And hear your voice once more,

I kept my feelings locked up inside,

When I'm with you, I am always laughing and smiling,

But, one by one the echoes of your voice began to disappear,

Drunk on Soju again,
Trying to forget your voice,

I said I was happy just talking to you,
And hear your voice once more,

Like a fool,
I kept my feelings for you locked up inside,

I spent an eternity waiting to tell you,
I love you!

You are gone,
Drunk on Soju again,
Trying to forget your voice,

Now I only hear your voice in my glass of Soju.

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It's a cold! day;

It's a cold day in January.
The January rises like a big winter.
Why does the blizzard freeze?

Where is the frozen arctic?
It's moved into my attic.
So cold, that diamonds freeze?

Endurance, hate, and cold.
The icy girl screaming, views the coat.
January please melt!


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All of my dreams, have ended;

No more remembering,

My smile has run away!

Oh Lord,

I chased my smile away,
I hurt myself,
I broke my heart!

For the sake
Of love, in my dreams,
I run after her,

For the sake of love,
I pray for love,
In madness.

My smile has run away!
I no longer remember you in my dreams.

Where have you gone?

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