Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2017 | Page 164

Rickshaw Carrier
Island School, Kim, Derek - 14
Beyond the glowing village
through the bustling busy crowd
the aged man wanders around
with his only rickshaw carrier.
As he pedals around the noisy village
with his feeble, struggling limbs
somehow he pulls along
those two robust wooden wheels.
So aged he is, but still immersed in his job.
He belies his wrinkles as he pedals his ride
wishing to earn a little more money
to provide for his ailing daughter.
So tired and hungry, but the urge to earn
he continues to pedal with all his might.
Through blood, sweat and tears, he pedals.
Yet his endeavour goes to waste.
Slowly and steadily
he pedals through his pain.
He stops and rests
to breathe his last breath.