Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2017 | Page 34

Shanghai’s Past to Present
Discovery Mind Primary School, Rajput, Shikhar – 10
The river washes.
As everybody watches.
The statues see all.
No matter how tall.
People getting wiser and wiser.
As they’re getting wise and wiser.
The past is starting to fade.
Less people want to raid.
Buildings getting taller and taller.
Dogs now walk with a collar.
Shanghai turned into a gigantic town.
No faces have a frown.
The buildings glisten at night.
Everything reaching brand new heights.
Shanghai is so brand new.
I love it how about you.