Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2020complete | Page 123

A New Story
Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section), Sadeedi, Aimen - 16
Years ago began the creation of the fleet, the fleet that would go hunting for treasure by the sea.
At first, it was out of self-protection but then as they grew more and more successful so did their needs and
desires.
The fleet grew day by day, and people from all over the country wanted to be a part of this prestigious fleet.
There were trading ships that were crowded with greedy merchants, only those who were entrusted by the
emperor
himself were allowed on, they would buy and sell as much as they could.
The ships sailed through the ocean when it was at peace, and when it was raging like a monster awaken
from its
slumber.
Warships with weapons so new and deadly, with men as strong as bulls, to protect the treasure so safely
guarded on
board, to conquer territories that would not allow for the entrance of the fleet.
And then there were the treasure ships, so huge that their shadows loomed over the rest, yet so strong it’d
carry a
small palace for any royal that would want to go. They led the entire fleet and all the other people, upon
seeing the
magnificent ship would cower in fear.
For it was the biggest ship that they’d ever seen.
All the other countries were willing to pay millions to learn the secrets of it, yet the Chinese remained loyal
to the
god of secrets, and not even the people in the alleyways dared spew a word.
For the ships were their pride, their honour and their way of life.
But then came a revolution, the ships were burnt down to ashes and just as the ashes blew in the wind, so
did the
connections, the stories, and the memories
And in these modern times, when people are more connected yet the most disconnected ever, the leaders
decided to
connect the nations of people that have strayed far away from one another yet again.
They call it “The Greater Bay Area”, a new nation has begun to form once again, and this time it will stand
strong,
the myths will once again becoming reality.
The story goes on.