2019. The Karoo Semi-Desert. Photo by Thomas Scarborough. |
by Chengde Chen *
When the face mask is off
A Christmas smile appears
But you know it is a forced one
With much fearfulness underneath
The plague persists with craziness
Bones piling up mountain high
Global warming knocks on the door
Proving it has been too late to stop
The conflict between the superpowers
Increasingly lead to a world war
Which probably let nuclear power
Decide our joys and sorrows
Three kinds of doom come together
As if to make sure there is no escape
But it is this that gives 2022 meaning –
To test human resilience to the full!
* Chengde Chen: author of Five Themes of Today; The Thought-read Revolution, etc. chengde.chen@hotmail.com