WHO AM I?
Harrow International Hong Kong, Jasmine Coleman-Allan, Poetry: Group 3
My land is barren and bare
Nothing to see, nothing to do,
My land is jagged and stiff
Nothing moves, nothing lives,
My land is inhospitable and dead
Nothing to eat , nothing to drink,
It covers 1,295,000 km2
All is blank, all is unknown,
My land is mountainous, rough and rugged
Nothing flat, nothing straight ,
My land is bitter in winter
No sun or even heat ,
My land swelters and scorches
In the long summer days,
I am expanding day and night
A long forgotten empire conquering different lands
My land is known as the waterless desert
Nothing survives, everything dies,
Who am I?
40 different species roam my plains
Including the Wolf, the Camel, the leopard and the Bear,
Sadly not many call me true home
Forever living a nomadic solitary life,
I am full of nooks and crannies
For Little animals to build their homes,
Many are nocturnal to escape the burning heat
Sleep all day and prey all night,
Snow leopards pace on my rocks
While Camels walk unsuspectingly by,
Scorpions and snakes wriggle and writh
And squirm like worms in the ground,
Camouflaged animals play hide and seek in the dunes
Without a care or a worry in the world ,
Hibernating Squirrels in the summer
Don’t realize what they are missing,
Faded padded foot prints leave their memories in the sand
While Thick syrupy urine sticks me together ,
Who am I?
