Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2017 | Page 180
Old city of Shanghai
Ying Wa College, Li, Chun Yin – 15
Treaty, conquerors, slaves,
Opium gives a bitter taste
Of history
Light tanks, war planes, huge blasts
The Japanese have come,
You said the future never goes too dim.
With hope you fought,
and they are gone.
Red Flag, revolution and red horror
You prepared for the worst tomorrow
Because you know your future will be destroyed by the great leader Mao.
But as hope you stand
And you walked through like a man
Skyscrapers, financial towers and massive factories,
Those histories all comes and goes.
You still hold a role
In the long road.