Longing that blooms like flames

Longing blooms like a flame

Piercing the silence of the mountain temple,
a crimson flame soars.

Over the stone wall, shaking the tiles.

As if each heart were exploding,
the flower clusters shake the earth.

The fate of never meeting.

That fierce longing
sharply scatters through each petal

and spreads like a burning tongue

painting even the sky crimson.

This season,
autumn, is no longer tranquil.

Burned desires
scream in every gust of wind

Even the sunlight trembles breathlessly.

Ah, flower cluster!

Toward disappearance,
you bloom ever more passionately.

Your gestures, slicing through the air
are a flame that defies fate

a passionate prayer that trembles yet remains unbroken.

Today, the earth of Heungguksa Temple
throbs with a crimson heart.

Above that flame,
I, too, burn the longing within me

with my entire body.

Sketch of the area around Heungguk Temple in Samil-dong, Yeosu (September 23, 2025)

Post by Dopro_travel | Oct 24, 2025