Gobi Desert
Sha Tin College, Charmaine Yuen, Poetry: Group 3
On a hot, dry, cloudless day.
I trudged on in the heat
Trying to reach civilization,
But the Gobi Desert is really far from being neat.
Gobi Desert’s golden dunes and yellow mountains everywhere,
Yet footprints of others are in front of me.
Sand blows into my eyes and makes me tear,
The everlasting sandy hills of the desert seems like a sea.
The sun sets – darkness comes.
I gaze upon the shining stars.
The moon comes out – full of dreams.
These dreams bring me somewhere incredibly far
A piercing whistle wakes me up,
Which softens into a song.
I thought there might be a person nearby.
So I set off to see if I am right or wrong.
I grope in the darkness-
Stumble in the black.
Suddenly I see a faint outline,
Of a young girl’s back.
She puts down her flute, and turns to me.
She then tells me her story.
Never have heard something as sad as that
As blue as the sea.
She tells me about a curse that has fallen on her.
Since her family is in heaven including her mom and dad
Yet I can break the curse and set her free
By doing something good which can make the gods glad.
I cheer her up and she smiles.
Her smile lights up like the day.
She nods and watches me leave.
Then I know I stopped the spell and so I shout yay!
