Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2019 | Page 92

The Unsung Companion
Shanghai Singapore Internatinoal School, Abraham, Annmary - 12
Sold as a hatchling
His companion to be
one who led royal voyages in the sea
with heaps of people
thousands of tens
I looked out for other ships, land and nearby dens.
a parrot worth a million carats of gold
we traced our way around the world
while the ocean tossed, churned and hurled
towering green walls of sea above the hull
and the sight of pure white sea gulls
there was never a moment dull in the water.
being dry can be a luxury
but memories on the deck were ones never to bury
very merry, sweeter than cherry they were
kept all types of fortunes
to be delivered in a couple of moons.
our grand trade missions
further than anyone ever before
through the worst of all conditions,
so ambitious that we soon had no competition!
The swimming dragons we were called
During the times we ruled and hauled
The treasure to convey our wealth
the master passed away, the fates do twist
I looked through the ocean mist
life is a beast
and kilometers apart we’d never sever
linger in the mourning, the faithful, the unsung
companion all morning and forever