I found this "All Ages" poetry contest form Poetry Institute of Canada and I submitted my 5 best poems to it through email.
Do you remember
When your hair curled in like a dandelion ring
We smiled brighter than the North Star
Do you still remember the days in the Spring
When we sat near the tulip sea
Can you please be my one and only for eternity
And sweetie please still love me when I am on the wheel chair
We made promises under the blue sky
We shared memories before we die
When you said you would always love me
Think about us when we were in Hawaii
The water sparkled like a chandelier
Time was frozen
That’s when you kissed me
The wheel keeps spinning
Four routes that alter outcomes
Persist, don’t resist
Chips
Bought with guilt and love
Open the bag with surprise
Enjoy the regret
Walking down to the Village at noon
A tall man with grey beard approached me
Holding a sleeping bag of his size, he asked
“Do you have change? I need like five dollars”
Showing me his toonie in his hand
He pointed at the underground canteen with his darkened
nails
“I want to buy the rice downstairs”
Unhesitant, I handed him the two toonies I got from buying
Subway yesterday
I went on my day doubtfully
Thinking about whether it was a fraud
I then decided to take a sneak peek at the man after I
bought myself lunch
The man approached another guy
Showing him the toonie in his hand
Enraged, I talked to myself
Is the money I gave you not enough?
When I met my friends at the UBC nest
I told them about my bitter experience
One of my friends replied casually “that’s the guitar man”
“Sometimes he played the guitar for money”
It turned out the man was truly homeless and needed the
money
So why did he asked someone else when I gave him what he
asked for?
I would never know the answer
But I know my action was the right thing to do