2014 – 6th Grade National 4th Place Winner

Ava Severts, Illinois.

Beauty is mesmerizing, irresistible
It captures you,
Indulges you,
Shows you,
Its splendor.
It presents
An enticing
Prospect
You want to
You need to
Believe.
Beauty is gentle,
Kind and quiet,
Lulling you to
Sleep.
It is mysterious
Like the smile
On Leonardo’s painting.
But it is a shell,
The outside of a fruit,
Colorful but bitter.
It satisfies you
Until it is gone.
It changes you,
Shapes you,
And leave you,
Wanting
More
More
More
Until
You are
Alone.

Truth is elusive
Cunning and sly
But when you find it
It binds you
Roots you
While it strips you
Bare
It is the fruit
When you take off the peel
It is sweet or blackened.
It is foreboding,
Daunting
Impossible to look
In the eye.
It moves you
Pushes you
Like nothing else
On this earth.
It leaves you
Understanding
Everything
Everyone
Everywhere
Until
You are
True

 

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