2009 MONTGOMERY COUNTY
YOUTH POETRY CONTEST

7-9 GRADE RUNNER UP

The Whole Picture
By Hannah Ehlers

It is not just black or white,
Nor is it gray either,
It’s white with dabs of color,
Beautiful colors, going wonderfully together,
Yet certain colors catch your eye,
These few are quite ugly,
You wonder why they are there,
They couldn’t possibly go with all these magnificent colors,
For a while those colors are all you can see,
You see more ugliness than beauty
Then you freeze,
Stop yourself,
Take a few steps back,
As you view the whole picture, you begin to see,
The ugly colors are necessary,
In ways, they make the whole picture seem real,
And beautiful,
They are just simply perfect imperfections.