the land talks through <br />you, every line on you <br />resonates with its vibrations <br /> <br />you are the poetry of the <br />land, mouth through which <br />the land conveys its senses <br /> <br />the sun talks through <br />your eyes, they channel <br />its spirit through to me <br />a radiant warmth the <br />ounce of love that rises <br />in a primordial pool to <br />surge through my heart <br /> <br />the moon touches me <br />the way your lingering <br />mood and nonchalance <br />speak volume of the other <br />side of your cheerful self <br /> <br />a luminousness that <br />skirts and corners night <br />to let shadow rest in shadow <br />and words echo in words <br />a tide bound in only by the <br />starry promises of night<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/1-the-earth-talks-through-you/