HEAVEN

I.

One night
I saw my dead brother in the dream.
He was still 27 years old
And sat down on the earth comfortably.

I just asked him,
"Brother, my brother. Is there heaven really?"
He smiled to me as pointing the horizontal line.
"Can you see the line between the sky and the earth?
There is heaven."

Waking up from the dream,
I cried for an hour
And laughed for an hour also.

I never told this story to anyone before.
Because I made up my mind to find a heaven in this world
where nobody knows,
where only my brother and I know.

II.

I started a journey to find out heaven.
A lump of bread and a bottle of water was in my bag,
The old digital watch of my brother was on my wrist.

To the line between the sky and the earth.
The more walks, the more distance.

But if I could, if only I could reach
I could see my dead brother again.
And I could say I didn't hate him.

Too tired to walk, I fell asleep on the road.
That night,
I saw my dead brother again in the dream.
So I asked him,
"Brother, my brother, I can never reach to the line."
He smiled and pointed to the earth that he stood on.
"Can't you see that here is the line you saw at the beginning?"

Waking up from the dream,
I laughed for an hour
And Laughed for another hour again.

III.

After that,
I stopped finding heaven and came to my home.
And he never came in my dream again.
But I know where he is,
And I know where heaven is.
So I tell you this story now.

Jong Kil Song
© April 2000

Midi Title: Edward Scissorhands Composer: Danny Elfman