Why'd You Leave Me?

A Sijo
By Trisha Nicole de los Santos
Grade 8 - Dignity

How can you say you can’t live without me now that you’ve left me?

You said you loved me, but why did you leave me wounded like this?

Now that I’ve moved on, you’ve come back to break my heart again.

Without You

An Elegy
By Karl Philip Dondoyano
Grade 9 - Mercy

I’m like a spoon that

Has lost a fork and was thrown away;

Like I was being a brat

Who lost his shoes in the month of May.

I can never feel like before.

I was crying on the shore.

You’re the reason I’m feeling blue;

And you left with no clue.

Now, you’re gone

And you’re on the other side.

I thank you for all the fun,

But you were supposed to be my bride.