Tomb Sweeping Day (Children's Poem) Poem by Hsiu Lee

Bringing some gift and flowers
We go to visit you, our dear grandfather
We must come here once a year
To chat with you

You aren’t at home
Under your roof there is a mess of grasses and flowers
And the yard is muddy, too
We help by trimming overgrown trees and cleaning the yard
To give you a surprise

We keep in silence
Sitting in front of the door to wait for you
Without us accompanying you
We don’t know how you get here alone

The setting sun is already down
We need to go to another place
When you come back home
You must know we were have to visit you

We are unwilling to part with you
We look back at your home again and again
Next year this time
We will visit you again
Remember, grandpa, at that time
You need to be at home to wait for us