2011 MONTGOMERY COUNTY
YOUTH POETRY CONTEST

7-9 GRADE WINNER

Erica Kushner
Colonial Middle School

Remember Perfection

People
Aren't
Perfect

Or did
Someone
Forget
To mention?

Mistakes
Are
Made

Hearts are
Ripped
Minds are
Twisted
Voices are
Heard

Heard
To well
Well enough
To pierce
Through
A splinter
Of
Pointed
Glass

A Damage
That
Can
NEVER
Be undone

Because
These
Meaningless
Words
Are
Building

Shaky staked
Sloppy wrapped
A Butterflies
Wing
Could change it All

Remember
People
Aren't
Perfect
Not
Even
Close

Before
You Throw
The
Splinter