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 |