6/11/2015

Song for the Korean War Soldiers



Song for the Korean War Soldiers

 

Who knows the small country still divided

along the 155 miles of demilitarized zone

where deer and wild animals are killed

when they step on landlines?

 

Who knows the small country still divided

where no one can exchange letters to

his parents and brothers in the North?

Who said, blood is thicker than water?

 

/Who knows the small country still divided

still under the terror of war?

The North armed with more nuclear weapons

are testing long range missile./

 

Who knows the small country still divided?

Only migratory birds are flying the sky

over the barbed wires of demilitarized zone.

Where is the post office? Where is the mailman?

 

/Only the old men and women in their 70s remember

The War in 1950-1953 in their tender 10 years old age.

The young only know the War from the history book.

Is it really the forgotten war? It should not be./

 

Who knows the South's democracy and prosperity

On the ruins of devastated war?

Do you know the miracle of The South?

Freedom is not free. Freedom is not really free.

 

We are grateful to your sacrifice.

Every morning we dedicate flowers to your tombstone.

Every morning we dedicate flowers to your memorial service.

We are grateful to your sacrifice for a faraway country.

 

By Yearn Hong Choi

 

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