The Gobi
SKH Lam Woo Memorial Seconday School, Lam Sin Yu, Poetry: Group 4
The Gobi, the Sleeping Beauty
Stretched between the Mongolia and China,
a sleeping beauty rests
She secures a long-forgotten story
of pride and glory
Her endless cascade of blond hair loiters with the wind,
creating ridges of gentle waves
Her hair spreads radiantly as though the sunbeam refracted by waters
Her hair slathers like a lake refecting the dreamy weather up above
The splendorous elegance nurtures her vanity—even time slithers slow to spectacle this godsend
The legend said,
there was a time
when the godsend was plaited with a piece of lingering silk
That was the Silk Road
It straddled from the East to the West,
with bricks from different culture,
elements of various religious belief
and bold exploration,
civilizations were built up in China, Persia, Arabic...
That was where the ritual chants of Hindustani music
acquainted the erhu
That was where the extant Chinese embroidery
became the sparkle in the Persians’ eye
Finally the diversifed culture shot into the cloudless sky of the Gobi,
and set off one of the most awe-inspiring frework show in human history
After thousands of years, the ostentatious path still shines
but the jubilant charm of the road had been muted into a peaceful silence
She is independent and solitary
This sophisticated woman had been hiding her mysterious past
underneath her modest silence
The old story will grow older
as fne sand in the hourglass converges in the bottleneck, sinks and accumulates
The legend will be lagged behind
