Tragic

Mondays I dislike
Monday mornings are the worst
Alliteration
 
This tragic Tuesday
Made Monday OK because
Someone passed away
 
Shocking, awful, sad
She was only eighteen and
Had died from some drugs
 
How could my normal
Week turn so, so dark? Was this
Simply a nightmare?
 
No. No. Why? Why? Why?
Didn’t know her, but saw her
In the big hallways
 
Today I saw a
Memorial by students
For the girl who died
 
Now I wish I could
Go back to boring Mondays
Melancholia

—By Katie L., 16, Washington