So close and yet so far away - Chapter 1 (2020-2022)

Hong Kong - Mainland China Border 35KM

Birds singing, a soothing sound,

Water wheel turning, leaves abound,

A place that once was warm and sweet,

Suddenly brought back to my feet.

I can't sleep but wonder,

What's on the other side, I ponder,

Is it a desolate and barren land,

Or a place with beauty so grand?

But now the silence echoes loud,

Only the birds can break the shroud,

Their songs a reminder of the past,

A time that just could not last.