My Asian Heart

Moon and Star

Minam: How pretty! There are so many stars!
Tae Kyung: I can barely see you here, do you think I can see the stars?
Minam: Then can you see the moon?
Tae Kyung: It’s over there.
Minam: The only star you can see is the moon.
Tae Kyung: The moon is not a star.
Minam: The brightest thing at night is not a star?
Tae Kyung: It’s only reflecting the light of other planets. Only something like the sun that emits its own light is a star. The moon is shining using the light of other stars.
Minam: Even if it is using the light of other stars, the moon has its use. More than the excess light emitted by the sun in the day, isn’t the moon lighting the way in the dark more useful?
Tae Kyung: Tch. Go Minam, the reason why the day is bright is because of that useless sun.
Minam: Ah… that’s right (bonks self)
Tae Kyung: Night or day, the sun is the star.
Minam: Then I must be something like the moon using the light of a star like you.
Tae Kyung: But the moon is not completely useless. No matter how many stars there are at night, the only thing I see is the moon.
Minam: Hyung-nim, I can only see one special star right now.
Tae Kyung: Huh? You said there were a lot of stars.
Minam: There are… but only one star is shining so handsomely. I can only see that star.
Tae Kyung: There is a star like that?
Minam: Yes, it is a star that many people love. Do you think it would be wrong for me to be one of the many people that like that star? Tae Kyung: Tch. Do you really need permission to like something like that? Ask the star. I’m sure you can see it.
Minam: Yes, I am looking at that star. Would it be okay to like it?

(from “You’re Beautiful”)