The Sino Japanese Wars

Poem by Branden Yao (‘26)

| SPRING 2023 ISSUE | POETRY

As the wind blows through the East,

The land is plagued by grief,

For the vicious Japanese beast,

Has ravaged the realm abounding with tea leaf,

In its eyes, destruction is the only way,

So upon that fateful day of Autumn,

Damaged its own lay,

As a foul excuse to perpetrate peaceful protocol,

And savage violent ruthless acts of crime were committed,

Twenty million peaceable Chinese citizens passed to the grave,

 Through years of eternal struggle against the wicked,

Eight years passed and finally quelled was the ravening enemy from the grave.

The heroes who braved death were laid to eternal sleep, 

Then millions mourned those who passed in the Second Sino Japanese War,

And for time beyond measure the nation weeped,

For never could their loss be bore.