Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2020complete | Page 102

So Far, So Near
HKUGA College, Chan, Ainod - 15
The silvery light was expanding
Swarming through the mist
Soundless I looked out the window, hopefully waiting
For the future to shine.
Was it a dream? Or merely a fantasy?
I was in seventh heaven when I heard it
The light dazzled to celebrate the moment of glory
My anticipation had come on the scene.
Multi-billion dollars, a shocking number
How hard we cried, how furious we were
'A total waste! Stop it, won't you!'
But all were speechless when they saw the sight.
A whole new world, yet to be prized
Tomorrow Vision, a stupendous sobriquet
How atrociously our enemies had criticised
Yet it stood even greater than expected.
I had foreseen the fostered growth
The strengthened power of the five star nation
Connections built with neighbours and friends
Here comes O'Greater Bay, the unprecedented triumph.
Reclamation had made a production
It provided us with land and lodging places
Assisted the success of new innovations
Lifted us to stand on the peak.
'No, you're not qualified. Get out, bastard!'
'You're not worth a penny, stay here won't you?'
The utopia was in sight yet I was alienated
My only companion was a rejection letter.
A bolt from the blue struck hardly
I was stunned and suffocated by the result
Discrimination is horrible as hell
Yet the reality is always cruel.
Time flew like an arrow, leaving me in the dark
The world already has an entirely new appearance
Hopelessly I dazed out the window, desperately crying
As the last bit of silvery light vanished into thin air.