2007 FIRST PLACE

PEACE
Amelia Warren
17 years old, Illinois

Peace is not
The ending of war
For people are always fighting.

Peace is not
A lack of guns
For words are just as deadly.

Peace is not
The whisper of wind
For nature is cruelest of all.

Peace is not
A quiet day
For silence fills no voids.

Yet
Peace is not
Death,
For it is a concept of the living.

So
Peace must be
The reflection
Of a very tired smile.