Gwangju Writes Timid Love

Timid Love

Written by Fatemeh Khalili Photograph by Halle Nouri

“To my Moon, You stare at me in silence from the sky You follow me every night Yet Th is is our sad love story: Your lack of courage in coming down to earth And my inability in fl ying to your sky”

“달님에게, 하늘에서 나를 조용히 바라보는 달님 매일 밤 나를 따라오는 달님 그러나 이것은 우리의 슬픈 사랑 이야기 너가 땅에 내려오지 못한 용기와 내가 하늘까지 닿지 못한 힘” E ach and every love story of ours is incomparable to those that others have experienced, even if they share some similarities in some parts. And the reason is because we are all diff erent as human beings. Yet, there is this unique kind of love that one falls into for the moon: two diff erent beings, belonging to two totally distant worlds. Of course, such a “fall” is possible, but the result is not guaranteed, especially when neither of you has the courage to confess it...

The Author

Fatemeh Khalili is an Iranian GKS (Global Korea Scholarship) student studying Korean at Chonnam University. She will start her master’s program in Korean literature in Seoul this autumn. She loves literature because she believes each country’s emotion and culture is included in its literature. Th erefore, she wants to act as a bridge between Korea and Iran by translating each country’s literary works. Instagram: @koreanicles