it can be sapphire <br />it can be ruby <br />it can be pearl <br />it can be a diamond <br />or even a humble quartz <br />you pick in your garden <br />it can also be a cat's eye <br />oh what a name? <br />why should it monopolise <br />the eye? <br />anger of every stone <br /> <br />from my contacts <br />all gemstones are eyes <br />eyes to dreams <br />next world, future..whatever <br /> <br />there are stories <br />in the glitters <br />the stone dies to tell <br />stories in all their facets <br /> <br />gemstones are theatres <br />theatres that show so many <br />of my alter egos or could it be me of another lifetime, <br />or films (vibrations) <br />left behind by some wondrous souls that start reeling in my mind as i sleep <br />with a chosen gem? <br /> <br />i had been a man, an <br />arab man, a woman, and <br />a maze of other characters <br />that still float in <br />my conscious state <br />glitter with the gemstones <br /> <br />now, now i fear <br />i fear when i die <br />i might be trapped in stones <br />and live through another <br />alter ego <br /> <br />now, now i am also delighted <br />of possibilities <br />if lucky, i might be born <br />into the world <br />through a woman who has me <br />in her finger <br /> <br />gemstones glitter - to endear themselves - to woman in all their fiery facets <br />and dreams <br /> <br />they are courting women <br />with all their wild intentions<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/crystal-pearl-and-dreams/
