Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 - 2017 | Page 170

The New Tales of Old Shanghai
Harrow Beijing , Park , David – 13

T here is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love , the only survival , the only meaning .

-Thornton Wilder-
This story begins when it was 1842 June 16 th when “ The Battle of WooSung ” begins . This battle is when British people come and invade China , Shanghai and this is when I first saw her . She came to Shang Hai to cure wounded people in the army . She was the most beautiful person that I ’ ve ever seen . I have tried many times to see her . When I saw her for the second time was in August . I saw her sitting by the ocean . There were many guardians protecting her so , I failed to see her properly again . Few days later , my mum died . Actually , she was killed by the army of British . Then , I thought ‘ If I could go to the past , I would tell my mum not to go out that day . If I could … If I could ….’ I always think to myself to make a time-machine and save many people ’ s life . It was the only thing I could do … or … It was made for me to do .
The third time I saw her , It was midnight in the top of the ship . She was so beautiful . At that time , I didn ’ t have any friends to talk to or stay with . So I had to live a lonely life alone … Next day , It was the fourth time I ’ d ever seen her . She was looking at me . It felt like eating a cotton candy . Her eyes were very soft and the sunshine was really bright and I don ’ t know how but we were able to stay together because the house of British army had blown up for no reason . The next day , I was able to stay with her and I made a poem when I think of her .
“ Physics in Love ”
Mass is not proportional to volume
A girl as small as a violet
A girl who move like a flower petal
is pulling me towards her with more force than her mass
Just then , I am like Newton ’ s apple
I rolled towards her without stopping until I fell on her
With a thump , with a thump thump
My heart
Keeps bouncing between the sky and the ground
It was my first love .