my dad
Park Filter
Everyone has someone precious and unforgettable. I, too, had someone I loved so deeply.
“Daughter, let’s eat quickly.”
I was six years old at the time,
No different from others
I was having an ordinary Saturday evening.
"Tch.. It's always eggs.."
"I'm sorry, I'll make you lots of delicious food when I earn more money later. Just understand for today, okay?"
"Arasser.."
Because of my poor family background, I had to eat eggs and rice every day.As a child, I began to wish for a table with a variety of side dishes.
After dinner,
While I was reading a storybook, trying to ignore my heavy eyelids, my dadHe said, lifting it slightly.
"Oh my, princess, are you sleepy? Should we go to sleep now?"
He gently stroked my head as I shook my head and blinked my eyes.Dad used to sing lullabies.
Who knew that would be Dad's last lullaby?
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I woke up at dawn to the loud noise outside.
That Sunday morning was strangely noisy.
I quietly opened the door and looked outside, and I couldn't help but be shocked.I couldn't even shed tears in the momentary fear.
I still can't forget the scenery that unfolded before me.
The screams of people, their clothes stained with blood.
and,
My father, who was dragged away by soldiers without mercy.
"dad..!!!"
I desperately called out to him,
I was so young that I couldn't do anything.
I could only look at him as he left me.
When hot tears flowed down my parched cheeks,
Dad's blurry eyes,
I still remember it vividly.
My father, who promised to be with me for the rest of my life
In an instant, you left my side,
That fact filled me with an uncontrollable sadness.
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A few days passed like that.
From that day on, I was left at my aunt's house and spent each day there.
I just
I missed my father's presence so much,
I was just a six-year-old child who was hungry for his father's love.
I had to send my precious person away without even understanding the situation.A great sense of loss continued to consume me.
Chijik-, Chik-
The sound of the radio could be heard occasionally.
‘Due to the invasion of the People’s Army, …’
North Korea's People's Army has been endlessly attacking South Korea,
In the end, my aunt and I had no choice but to evacuate.
They were so strong and huge that we couldn't handle them.
Even my father, who I thought was my safe haven
So much so that I was brutally suppressed.
On the way to escape, I picked up a zinnia flower.
The more I looked at the flower, the more I missed my father.
Zinnia, a red flower with the flower language of ‘longing for a departed lover.’That day, I was fleeing from the People's Army, clutching a single zinnia in my hand as tightly as a bracken.
I promised myself that.
Dad was the one the whole universe coveted.
My father's presence is so strong and good,
It was a pity that I existed on this lonely Earth.
That's what soothes a part of my heavy heart,
It was the only thing I could do.
All I can do is leave my father behind
All I could do was wait endlessly.
My dad,
My father, my precious friend and only family member.
I miss you so much.
I have no doubt that my father will return to me.
Really, I miss you so much.
When the time comes for my father to come back to me,
I promise that I will tell you endlessly that I love you then.