2011 MONTGOMERY COUNTY
YOUTH POETRY CONTEST

10-12 GRADE WINNER

Irena Frumkin
Abington Friends School

The Sea and What I See

Driving at night so
lost and slow
the road is like a
black tar sea
and you are so
very small
at night the sky is far greater
than the earth
it stretches and aches
its arms a whisper
its starry shores
its sandy constellations
This was suburbia
but now it is
a bed time story
so many have their shades
wide open
and you can see right into their
living rooms
I saw a bedroom that belonged
to someone my age
I could tell by the posters hanging on the
walls
it's almost like
you know how happy they are
based on the color schemes
of their sofas
how easy would it be
if life was
like this
always.