Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2017 | Page 113

Old Shanghai
St. Margaret's Co-Educational English Secondary and Primary School
(Secondary Section), Law, Perry - 14
Once beneath the Chinese sky,
A place with walls that rise so high.
Beyond the barrier and the moat so wide,
Lies the great city of old Shanghai
Long ago this city secure,
Lived men with nothing to endure.
With busy streets and market stalls,
Shanghai in harmony behind the walls.
Boom, boom! Do you hear that sound?
Arrows rained down and cannons pound!
The great tall wall shakes and cracks,
As the people inside fend off the attacks.
As soon as you think the chaos is done,
You see your fellow soldiers run!
Pirates raid and rebels fight,
Old Shanghai was filled with fright.
Then later, we see foreign men,
Trying to conquer now and then.
Helpless rulers tried to hold on,
As the Shanghai wall is slowly gone.
Now Shanghai has total peace,
The wars and fights have all been ceased.
Though the wall of Shanghai has met its fall,
Shanghai will shine for now and all.