Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2019 | Page 49
Soon, I’m drifting off to sleep
and dreaming of the ocean deep
and counting sheep.
I dream my Dad is calling me.
I wake up.
It’s real! How can this be?
We laugh we hug we cry we smile.
The captain is thinking for a while.
The captain wants to know why
I’m here. So I try
to tell him how I love my Dad
and when he left I was so sad.
“Is he a pirate?” I ask in fear.
“That’s why I followed him here.”
“No, no, no, my dear,” comes the captain’s reply.
“Your Dad is an amazing guy!
I’m Zheng He, your father helps me
to carry gifts from China across the sea.
He sails my boats and leads the crew
to do what China has asked us to do.
The treasure Fleet will sail the earth
to show the world what China is worth.
We’ll send a message to your Mum
to say you are safe and you will come
on this adventure with your Dad
because you’re brave and strong
so your Mum will be glad.”
I’m on an adventure of a lifetime!