Boomerang Poem by Jordan Legaspi

Someone was calling
From the corner out there
But no idea what it was
So pay heed not to the thing

Another voice crying
Somewhere I thought there
But I’m in a hurry
Besides why should I care

One day I need help
So I ask a friend for something
And push a little harder
But offer me nothing

Went to see someone
A good man sure will attend
To my need because it is urgent
Sad to say he's out of the county

What a life if I cry
For help but gets only sigh
Ask somebody but turn away
Leave me behind empty

What life if I get it
The same thing I did
Remember yesterday
I turned and left them away

What life with ear of a deaf
But no hearing left
What life with eyes of a blind
But no sight left to lend


(Camiguin Island, Philippines)