Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2018 | Page 15

The New Journey to The West—Monkey King the Genius
The Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Zhang, Emmanuel – 8
Monkey King in his shining black boots,
Stepping on roots from the dark dark woods,
In his hand was a gold long stick,
He’s been ready for the adventure he would risk,
Nothing’s gonna stop him from getting the scripture,
With his amazing shi-fu,
When there was a monster,
Monkey king would grab his long tool,
But sometimes the shi-fu was badly fooled,
No matter what the shi-fu was always saved,
Out to the west on a long long walk,
There was no food or survival kit,
It was up to them to eat some air or die,
How much they are eager for some rye,
It was such a pain to walk,
On million hills and rocks,
Monkey king was so patient,
That he walked with his shi-fu even he could go so fast,
One time when shi-fu is fooled,
He fired Monkey king out,
Back to his home sweet home,
Where he would find forests to roam,
From that day on Monkey king returns to monkey herd,
Suddenly a voice several miles heard,
Saying “Help!help~!”,
It must be my dear shi-fu,
I would take revenge so soon!
As he jumped down from a rock so big,
And then he ran to an edge to dig,
A tunnel to the mountain where the monsters raid,
So he saved shi-fu so fast,
But after a few miles to walk,
They came to a clearing,
And came to the west west world,
The mission was completed finally,
With glory and joy,
Just like Monkey king’s belief!