it takes so long
for us to come to
each other
you are backward
i have been waiting
for five thousand years
to talk to you
to you
the earth turns round
only to record each man's tale
to us
the importance of night and day
and now it unreels
my secret to you
your earnestness
in cracking the earth
for all its treasury -
human tales stored in
electrons, protons
has paid off
my soul glows so brightly
i am as good as alive
just keep on talking to me
keep the device going
you are 5,000 years late
this thought that has waited for so long to get this going
john tiong chunghoo
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-are-backward-by-5-000-years/
