By Sara McWhirter, age fourteen
–
Some people say
that a blank page
is
art
but
I think
complexity is enticing
intricacy is elegant
and while
simplicity
may be
essential sometimes
I find beauty
in the twisting limbs of
gnarled trees
and in
chaotic
rivers
singing and
shouting at
the sky
is better than
silence
and
nothingness
But then again
subtlety is
sometimes
rejuvenating
minute degrees
between
silence
and the
hum of nature
or the city
the jumbled architecture
commuters
spilling in and out of
gargantuan buildings
oblivious
I appreciate
the sounds
or lack thereof
in all of
my worlds
Sometimes
We Just
Need
To
Listen.
