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Third Place VERSE (JR2&JR3)

First Place
Yuet Haw Hunk, JR1C

Flowers Chelsea Chua Si Yu, JR3D

I wish things could have ended differently. Fifteen years later,
Blue, yellow, red in colour, As time is ticking and it’s too late? and she was still not found,
For it’s called the pretty flower. To hang up some balloons and decorate? The day he was taken, only existing in my memories.
Four, seven, five in petal, Well, never fear that there isn’t a way, forced into the car with binded wrists. I did not cry then, and I would not cry now,
It’s much shiny like a colourful metal. Let me clear my throat and say: He looked smaller than he had ever been.
“Don’t just stand there hanging around, but I was never the same.
Roses are red, violets are blue Quickly go to your garden and pick up some flowers, Weak, timid, afraid.
For you, it’s just a pretty good clue. Don’t you left them on the ground, Broken. I felt nothing.
As flowers like to attract lots of bee, And remember to choose the brightest colour!”
And it’s just a lovely view you see. It was never the same after. It was only me and the void in my heart.
Standing on top of a hill for fresh air? The whispers, rumors, lies, He was released, but I was never.
Orchids and poppies are good things to bring, Why don’t you plant something to make it fair? I had heard them all. I would never escape the loneliness I felt.
When u go out on a lovely dating. Well, it’s time for your big mission, I could never focus in class, I was chained to it forever.
You shall choose the right moment to give, And release all your imaginations. my attention diverted to the endless blue sky.
Or in the girls’ heart you shan’t live. To make this a beautiful picturesque, If only she had not left.
Plant all the flowers you have. I remember it clearly. If only I had passed my classes.
Don’t forget to bring along your miracle things, And form it in a shape like square, The day she snatched my report card from If only there was not a knife nearby.
As it will give your girlfriend a loud ‘Ding!’. Fresh air and panoramic view is what you receive. my trembling hands.
And it is the time she knows what she choses, If only he had not let anger control him.
As it is to say her brave one shall rises. Flowers are like colour pencils, The way her hands shook, staring at the If only.
Filling the empty world with colourful, brightened colours. words.
The uses of flowers is not just for dating, Now you know the uses of flower, Anger and detest clouded her vision, I wish things could have turned out
As it’s also a good thing to show your lovings, Why don’t you start colouring your garden, but the most evident emotion was differently.
Our parents works so hard to cooperate, And fill it with tons of colour, disappointment.
A flower shall be given to show how much we It even makes the angriest people in the world soften.
appreciate. One day she was there,
Flowers, flowers, all around, the next day she was gone.
One week till Teacher’s Day and can’t think of Making the ground more beautiful than ever. Her room was a mess,
anything? Flowers, flowers, all around, clothes strewn all across the floor along-
Well, give some flowers as you sing: Making the society, all the world, a happier sound. side a note.
“Thank you for the knowledges that you had gave, ‘I am sorry.’
A lovely bouquet of flowers you shall have.”

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