Land I Love

KK

3/16/13

The day I set foot in my journey to foreign lands

Was the day I realized the beauty I had left behind

Land of the morning, my heart longs for you

Your comfort, warm embrace, 

And abundance of smiles

Your beauty makes my heart full

Breathtaking treasures your land possesses 

Marks so unique

They are unmistakably  and undeniably

Yours.

I radiate with pride and joy

In the midst of a land untrodden

For in the years of separation

Sprouted an unsung love that grows

So strong as the days go by

So strong that the imperfections I've once detested

I now wholly embrace

You were once unwanted to me

Such is why I left for greener lands

To find what I thought you no longer had: 

Fortune, solitude, my happiness

But, no land was greener as your land

The colors blue, red and yellow as radiant as in your presence

Opening my heart to your strength and resilience

Did I only understand

That my true purpose was sown in yours

Courage and hard work you've instilled in me

Hence I will work hard to set you free, land of the morning

From the grime that covered you

And made you unrecognizable, and unappreciable

During the days I resided with you

In a way it is good that I left

As in older lands I saw greater horrors 

That I purposed to myself to shield you from 

And to lead you to the path that preserves your beauty,

Ensures your continued existence

And brings forth your utmost, fullest, and brightest potential-- 

That defined the very flagship of your stand in the world

As the richest, purest, and most precious pearl of the orient

Fortune, solitude and happiness belongs with you

In the most subtlest of ways, they do

If only we open our hearts

And sing again that song of hope

That nurtured us and cradled us to sleep

We will wake up in the land of the morning

And see your sun and feel your warmth again