I Wish

I wish there were rivers,

Running through these busy streets

I wish there were hills and farms,

Covered with grass and wheat

I wish there were dense forests,

Outside my locked door

I wish there were pretty birds there,

Who fly high there and happily soar

I wish there were clouds nearby

To touch and feel and happily cry

To tell them that God does exist,

For he has painted this scenery of awe

This nature lover’s paradise,

This intellectual splendor,

This spectrum of eternal sovereign beauty,

In this heavenly city of Shanghai..