Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2019 | Page 34

The Death Of Zhang He
Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary & Primary School,
Ho, Namie – 10
Once upon a time
There was a courageous,imitating chinese traveller
His name was Zheng He
But he died in the great, gigantic sea
Marvellous stories about him
About him travelling the high seas
Mighty, intrepid, adventurous
For he risked a dangerous mission
But soon he got sick
On the seventh voyage
Over the world he goes
The mighty hero, forever gone
62 or 63
Was the age he was when he died
I hate illness and diseases
Because it was the cause of his horrible death
People buried Zheng He’s tomb in Nanjing
But it was actually empty
Because the people who travelled with him
Poured his body into the sea
Oh how oh how did he really die?
Some say ambush
Some say sickness
So what is the real answer?
A courageous traveller gone from us
Zheng He, remember his name
Let us hope that we don’t forget him
The mighty hero
THE END