Leaving Korea

Korea is a country of beauty - and many mountains. This 'Hillside Hymn' by Chung Dong-Muk was in the Korean Airlines magazine.

fog over the mountains in Korea

It is time for me to leave behind
The mountains in which I have dwelt
This departure I had waited for
But when I gazed at the fog
Then I made up my mind
To take off, with a bellyful of fire
I am now bound to arrive
Beneath the sheltering trees
Down a steep mountainside
To live with my head craned to the sky.

A bellyful of fire - seems appropriate after an enlivening WCC Assembly!