"Nothing"

Joseph
Santa Fe Preparatory School
Santa Fe County, NM

Joseph Santa Fe Preparatory School Santa Fe County, New Mexico "Nothing" "Poetry on Their Terms, Winners of The 2013 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest" is an event and poetry anthology sponsored by The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP).

A bowl of sugar
The landscape after a
blizzard.
A sheet stretched
over a mattress.
Sometimes utter
blankness can
be the most beautiful
thing.
The simplicity of
white
can be inspiring
confusing; frustrating
calming. Blank will
not stay that way
for long.
It seems to demand
something.
Color, shapes, anything.
Sometimes,
the best things have
a way of coming
from absolutely
nothing.
A blank piece of
paper is
intimidating.
At least at first.
Then it is inspiring.
Simple things can be
the most complex.
If taken literally,
they are nothing.
If they are perceived
a different way,
they are
masterpieces.