Grown-Up
Study Abroad
2021.11.07
Words | Lee Zhi Ying
Layout by | Sherlyn Chin Meijiun
Photo｜Internet
Translator | Chan Zi Qing
A grown-up cicada
Gifted with freedom and endless skies
Should have cried aloud and soared high
Yet in shadows, in sorrow it stays
Days quietly corrode
Weather in 2020 is absurd
On a chilly June afternoon
How shall it then shed innocence away?
Gifted with freedom and endless skies
Should have cried aloud and soared high
Yet in shadows, in sorrow it stays
Days quietly corrode
Weather in 2020 is absurd
On a chilly June afternoon
How shall it then shed innocence away?
A grown-up kangaroo
Armed with fists and muscles
Should have challenged the world and its peak
Yet mother’s pouch had been too cozy
Tarzan turned out a coward
Weather in 2020 is too warm
On a dry, desiccated meadow
How can precious tears be shed as sweat?
Armed with fists and muscles
Should have challenged the world and its peak
Yet mother’s pouch had been too cozy
Tarzan turned out a coward
Weather in 2020 is too warm
On a dry, desiccated meadow
How can precious tears be shed as sweat?
A grown-up Hakka girl
Granted with license and certificates
Should have pursued run-of-the-mill dreams
Yet before a crossroads she pauses
Was it the streetlights hesitant or the unbudging gas pedal
The world in 2020 is too crowded
Too much worry and anxiety
Future waits on the other side
Light is promised
But how much darkness is in between?
Granted with license and certificates
Should have pursued run-of-the-mill dreams
Yet before a crossroads she pauses
Was it the streetlights hesitant or the unbudging gas pedal
The world in 2020 is too crowded
Too much worry and anxiety
Future waits on the other side
Light is promised
But how much darkness is in between?
Lee Zhi Ying
Undergraduate student from Communication University of China
Editorial Board of The Voice of Beijing, 2021
Edited and published by | AMSIB
Advisor | Phuah Chi Ching, Choong Chi Jiong, Lim Yu
Coordinator | Sherlyn Chin Meijiun
Chief Editor | Ng Sie Unn, Koo Jing Tang
Journalist | Jaslyn Tan Boon Bin, Aden Tan Shen Yeh, Ho Ching Ling, Hoo Zi Ning, Ng Zi Wei, Kua Yee Shuen, Lee Jia Rong, Lim Qin Xuan, Song Yee Ting, Gan Jing Wen
Photographer | Sharyl Chow Khye Shien, Chew Chen Yee
Film Editor | Neoh Ke Wei, Ong Xiang Ying, Song Yee Ting
Art Editor | Ong Xiang Ying, Tiu Ann Kei
Translator | Chan Zi Qing, Tiu Ann Kei
Host | Aden Tan Shen Yeh, Kua Yee Shuen
