Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2017 | Page 139

Timeless
West Island School, Kao, Ethan - 13
All around us the buildings grow.
Higher and
higher until they can
be seen no more.
To heights we once thought were
impossible, to dwarf the tallest
mountain,
to soar higher than ever before,
to stand stronger than the mightiest man,
to scrape the sky above our heads.
But behind this marvelous
city sits the buildings that were
once there.
The buildings we thought
had conquered the sky.
To see the
people soaring to new
heights.
To hear the
different thoughts from many
places.
To taste the food that
makes mouths water across the globe.
To smell the
salty breeze coming from the
sea.
The very thread that connects us around the
world.
If you look
back, you
can see
the busy streets filled
with new
people
looking for new opportunities.
They all want
to join
in, to
design,
to build
a better future and
a better home.
People from all over the world meeting,
exchanging stories,
and sharing ideas.
And all that beauty is
what makes a city
timeless.