When poverty shrouded him

He fought back 

He knew that if  

His ambition withered

He would truly become 

A poor man

With his hard work 

He tilled the arid soil              

Into fertile land                

He irrigates his field with 

Perseverance                    

And sowed hope               

That weeded out despair

In this way                    

He harvested wealth   

And climbed up from 

The abyss of poverty

By Shih-Fang Wang

From: United States