눈  (noon)

The clouds are piled up
like a train wreck 
across the sky, 
and tongues of rain freeze
before they hit the ground.

Back inside the house,
you stir the soup
and spoon out rice
into celadon bowls.

You look up 
as I come in the door.

You told me once
the word for snow
in Korean is the same
as the word for eye.

Outside the world
is turning white;
I imagine being lost 
in a blizzard

with only the memory
of your glance 
to guide me home.