Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2018 | Page 30

The Journey to the West (Monkey King's Perspective)
Harrow International School Hong Kong, Hui, Ho – 10
You should know I,
Famous, am I,
I travel, there and fro,
On quests, is where I go.
Born from a stone,
Born all alone,
I walk, I roam,
Not knowing where’s my true home.
When others saw me,
They said, “What a fool,”,
Now see me monkeys,
See who is cruel.
Then I discovered,
How to get back my name,
How to get back the honour,
How to get back my fame.
I challenged them to,
A challenge none can do,
A challenge anew,
A waterfall for few.
They jumped and they jumped,
But none can go through,
Then I shown them,
What this monkey can do.
I then went back,
And paced and paced,
Then I leaped so far,
This was the hardest I ever faced.
Then I was soaring through the air,
Without any care,
The tables have turned,
Life is now fair.
I went in the water,
And saw what I’d find,
Treasures of diamonds;
What the gods left behind.
I brought out the goods,
The monkeys all stunned,
I knew they were finished,
I knew they were done.
I got out the goods,
To our leader Mah’Hest,
He congratulated me,
And gave me a quest.