2009 Middle School Special Needs
2nd Prize Winner

Poetry by, Melanie Cardona

i pushed him too hard
i expected too much
but i would take it all back
just to feel his touch

was it me who messed up?
was it my mistake?
did my heart just hang there
as a give and take?

could i have prevented this?
was my love precise?
did i try too hard?
did i look past advice?

should i have cared less?
should i have loved more?
after the first time should i
have walked out the door?

was he in love?
was it just me?
when he looks through my eyes
does he see what i see?

will he be hurt?
can he live on?
is it just me who wished
he wasn’t gone?

will he talk about me
behind my back?
will he complain
of all that i lacked?

why do i care about him?
why am i in love?
why do when i go to sleep
he's the one i think of?
Melanie Cardona