Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2017 | Page 152

My brush creates a ripple of ecstatic colors,
Making shimmers upon the glimmering river of lights,
As I paint ferry taxis floating placidly
Carrying passengers from the Jinling to the Dongchang wharf.
The Shanghai and Oriental Pearl Towers gleam
Like rubies and sapphires, cascading light into the depths of darkness,
The two soar high where eagles cannot go.
This is the reemergence of Shanghai,
Saturating my paper with its effulgent glory.