‘History’s Tide’ by Clara Huang

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after the Epoch Times series’ How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling the World

History’s tide brought us forth to this day,
A dark, sullen mist hanging low on display,
The Communist Specter’s tail shriveled and feeble,
Yet tight is its desperate grip on our people.

A kingdom once reigning with luminous piety,
Now atheist wasteland, a fouled-up society,
The juxtaposition of ancient and new—
But watch as the tides of history renew.

Bask at the sedulous ornamentation,
The carefully handcrafted robes of the maidens,
In evident contrast with styles today:
The outrageous hairdos and denim decayed.

Once in the courtyards of school and academy,
Was scholarly ambition upheld with avidity.
Contemporary schooling, so farcical in comparison
Degenerate idealism’s taint is embarrassin’.

Courtesy kept and character cultivated,
Innate human nature divinely-created,
A dignified bearing and language refined,
With chivalrous grace was a noble defined.

Yet in this new era where honor’s displaced,
The crude and the vulgar are now commonplace.
Modern man’s lost his original mannerism,
Can we still flee from the terrible cataclysm?

Traditional values are taking the stage,
Seize the deliverance before the end day.
Seek out Redemption the Creator now offers,
As virtues prevail and righteousness conquers.

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Clara Huang is an 11th grade student at Fei Tian Academy of the Arts in New York.