I hate Chinese New Year. <br />I hate it. <br />I hate it so much. <br /> <br />I love my culture. <br />I am proud that I am Chinese. <br />I appreciate my roots. <br /> <br />But I hate Chinese New Year. <br />I hate it so. <br /> <br />What else is there to this festivity besides the lash of her tongue upon my open wounds, <br />Cruel words uttered one after the other, <br />And the reminder that you're worse than excrement? <br /> <br />Could you understand? <br />I hate Chinese New year. <br />I hate it. <br /> <br />But hate is such a strong word, <br />And it's a word I refrain from using. <br />But oh, for Chinese New Year, <br />Hate is the word. <br /> <br />Who are you? <br />What do you know? <br /> <br />You think you know. <br />But this pain of mine. <br />No one will ever know. <br /> <br />Perhaps. <br />As we crowd around the steamboat as how our ancestors have, <br />we'll forgive and forget? <br />Perhaps.<br /><br />Zhang Yi Wei<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-take-on-chinese-new-year/
