<b style="font-weight:normal;"></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">희미한 불빛 아래 눈을 떴다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“어르신, 일어나신 겁니까.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그곳엔 회색이 있었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그런줄 알았건만 자세히 보니 회색으로 뒤덮힌 인간이었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“당신은 신인가요?”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“부르는 사람마다 다릅니다. 누군가에겐 신인 것이 다른 누군가에겐 악마인 것이죠. 어르신이 원하시는 대로 부르시면 됩니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그렇군요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“어르신은 실패 하셨습니다. 이 곳은 그런 사람이 오게 되는 정원입니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">실패한 모든 사람이 오는 곳은 아니지만, 하고 그는 덧붙였다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“하하..”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">듣고 나니 그것이 무엇인지는 너무나도 확연해서 아무런 말이 나오지 않았다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">결국 실패해버린 것인가.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“잠깐 걸어도 될까요? 어차피 이제 끝난 몸인 것 같은데.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“잠깐이라면 괜찮습니다. 다만 시간은 길지 않습니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“이야기 하나 정도 할 시간은 괜찮을까요?”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“네, 그정도면 괜찮습니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">나는 주변을 걸어다녔다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">정원에 조예는 깊지 않지만 아름답다는 것 하나는 확실하게 알 수 있었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">새파란 하늘과 대비되는 새하얀 대리석 정원은 그야말로 아름다움이라는 개념의 본질을 보여주는 듯 했다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">길게 뻗는 길을 걸으며 그에게 말했다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“참. 부끄럼이 많은 인생을 살아왔네요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“저는 어렸을때 유복한 집에서 태어났어요. 그래서인지 세상이라는 것을 잘 모르고 있었지요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“막연하게 세상은 아름다운 곳이라고 생각했어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그도 그럴것이 제 작은 공간은 숨막히고 억압받는 곳이었으니까요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“넓은, 자유로운 세상을 동경했던 것이겠죠.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">마치 우물 안 개구리처럼.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">흰 울타리에서 잠깐 발을 멈췄다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">무심코 흰 울타리를 매만졌다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“이런 울타리의 소중함은 잊어버린채.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“제가 스물이 되었을 때 였을까요. 그제서야 자유를 얻게 되었죠. 대신 지금까지의 부유한 인생을 포기했지만..”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그렇게 저는 세상을 만나게 되었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">나는 걸으면서 하늘을 쳐다보았다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">구름 한 점 없이 끝없는 파란색이 펼쳐져 있었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“이렇게 파랗고 아름다운 세상이었다면 좋았겠지만..”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“세상은 끈적한 회색빛이었죠. 그걸 그제서야 알게 되었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“웃음은 조롱으로 눈물은 가식으로 진심에는 가면을 씌우고.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그게 제가 소망하던 세상이었어요. 하하. 바보같지요. 이런 것을 꿈꿔왔다니.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그렇게 사회생활을 하게 됐어요. 다른 사람들이랑 별 다를 것 없이.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“시간만 흘러갔죠. 제가 지녀왔던 꿈도 잊어버리고.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">어느새 주변은 꽃이 가득한 정원이었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">이 곳은 정말 끝없이 넓은 공간이었다는 것을 실감했다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">샛노란 해바라기가 무척이나 아름다웠다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그러다가 저는 한 사람을 만나게 돼요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“아름답고 정말 빛나는 사람이었죠.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그녀에게 몇 번을 고백했는지, 그건 저도 모르겠네요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“결국 그녀가 제 손을 잡았을 때는 잊혀지지 않네요. 살면서 가장 행복한 순간 이었죠.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">어느새 하늘은 어두워졌다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">짙게 붉은색이 피어올랐다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">주변은 투명한 호수가 넓게 퍼져있었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그리고 길은 끝나고 그곳엔 벤치가 하나 놓여있었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">위 아래로 붉은색에 덮힌 세상을 보며 벤치에 앉았다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그도 말없이 내 옆에 앉았다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“하지만 그것은 한여름 밤의 꿈일 뿐이었지요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그녀는 자살해버렸어요. 내 손을 잡기를 왜 무서워했는지 그제서야 알았어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“깊은 강에서 그녀는 행복한 표정으로 잠들고 있었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“전날 그녀에게 전한 사랑한다는 단 한마디가 그녀에게 전한 마지막 말이었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그것이 마지막일 줄 알았다면.. 붙잡기라도 했을텐데…”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“끝은 알게 모르게 찾아오는 것이죠.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그때부터 저는 어느 것에도 열중할 수 없었어요. 그저 살아만 갈 뿐.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그렇게 일 년을, 십 년을, 이십 년을 살았어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“어느 날 TV를 켰는데 아이들이 나오더군요. 자신의 꿈을 말해보는 방송이었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“나의 꿈은 무엇이었을까.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“오랜만에 생각해냈죠. 이미 중년을 지나 노년의 문턱에 있는 몸이지만 그때 만큼은 10살의 어린 아이가 된 듯한 기분이었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그때부터 소설을 쓰기 시작했어요. 이야기를 만드는 사람이 되고 싶었거든요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그렇게 하나, 둘.. 어느새 백 번째 글을 썼을 때 저는 이미 노인이 되어버렸어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“하지만 저는 작가가 될 수 없었어요. 독자가 없었기에.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“제 글들은 빛을 보지 못했어요. 저는 글만 쓸 뿐. 그것을 읽어주는 사람이 없었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그저 그것은 글자들의 모음 뿐이었죠.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">어두운 밤 아래 작은 별들이 총총 박혀 있었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">수없이 많은 별들은 마치 우주의 중심에서 떠다니는 듯한 느낌을 주었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“아름다운 글을 쓰고 싶었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“사랑받는 글을 쓰고 싶었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“잊혀지지 않는 글을 쓰고 싶었어요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“누군가의 기억에 남을 수 있는..”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그것은 꿈이었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">이루어 지지 않은 꿈이다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“여태까지 많은 꿈들을 붙잡았네요. 그것이 현실이 되기를 바라면서.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“하지만, 이젠 놓아줄 때 이겠죠.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">선선한 바람이 불어왔다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">정작 놓아주니 마음이 편했다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">다만 한 켠에 허무한 마음도 있었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">하지만 나는 이미 죽은 것을.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">죽은 사람이 꿈을 이룰 수는 없다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“하하. 정말 부끄러움이 많은 생애를 살아왔네요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">정말 그렇게 생각한다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">부끄럼 많은 생애였다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">성공한 것 하나 없이 꿈만 쫒다 끝나버린 인생이다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그는 나를 바라보고 있었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">수많은 별들이 총총 박힌 하늘아래에서 그의 눈은 블랙홀 같았다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">끝없이 깊은 회색빛 눈동자에 빨려 들어갈 것만 같았다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그는 한마디 물어보았다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“어르신은 자신이 인간실격이라고 생각하십니까?”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“뭐.. 요조와 같은 삶은 아니었지만.. 별 다를 것은 없지 않을까요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“결국 저도 모든 것은 지나가고, 흘러갈 뿐이라는 것을 깨달았다는 이야기일 뿐이니까요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그런면에선. 어느정도 실격일지도 모르겠네요. 하하.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“자 결국 꿈을 이루는 것을 실패한 나에게 주어진 길은 어디인가요? 그녀를.. 만나고 싶군요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">마지막으로 사후 세계가 있다면 그녀를 보고 싶다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그것은 마지막 꿈이었고 이루어지지 않을 꿈이라는 것을 안다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">하지만 흘러가는 것이 인생이라는 것을 깨달아도 문득 찾아보고 마는 것이다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">결국 나는 인간실격에도 실패한 것일 수 있다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">인간 실패정도가 맞지 않을까.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그렇게 생각하고 있었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그는 갑자기 웃기 시작했다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“하하하. 어르신. 재밌는 말을 하시는 군요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그렇죠.. 이뤄지지 않을 것임은 알고 있었습니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“하하. 뭐 당연하죠. 그것은 아직 이뤄지지 않습니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“어르신, 당신은 꿈을 이루는 것에 실패하신 것이 아닙니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그는 나를 바라보곤 한번 더 웃었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“이야기를 끝마치는 것에 실패하셨죠.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그게 무슨..”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“어르신의 이야기들을 마치셔야 하지 않겠습니까? 기대하고 있는 독자들이 있습니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“당신은 이미 작가이십니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“...?”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“뭐. 이제 시간이 끝났군요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그는 갑자기 일어났다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">하늘의 수많은 별들은 그가 일어남과 함께 떨어지기 시작했다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">머리위에 터지는 유성우에 정신이 아득해졌다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“어르신, 당신은 실격하지 않았습니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“당신은 도대체..”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“자, 이제 가셔야 합니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“남은 시간 동안 꿈에, 이야기에 마침표를 찍어주세요.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">세상이 아무것도 보이지 않을 정도의 어둠에 감싸졌다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">오직 그와 새하얀 달 하나만이 희미하게 보였다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“기대하고 있겠습니다.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">“그녀와 함께.”</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br><br></b><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Malgun Gothic';font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;">그것이 마지막으로 들은 그의 말이었다.</span></b></div><b style="font-weight:normal;"><br><br></b>