A Busy Lady

A Busy Lady

National Poetry Month

Week Two of a Poet's Time Travel . . .

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Sarah Crowne
Apr 08, 2024
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It’s Week Two of National Poetry Month!

Today, I’m sharing another poem from my teens/early twenties. I wrote this one at twenty years old. I don’t really remember when or why—I was writing a lot during this time. But it’s one of my favorites. Enjoy!

greyscale photography of skeleton
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Bones

You are bones

Covered with flesh

And skin to hold you in.

You are nerves

And cells

And organs

A heart that beats.

But that is not all you are.

You are essence.

A soul, a purpose,

Despite how you may appear.

What you are

Is who you are,

In dim lights

And reactions to fear.

You are not merely bones.

You are a purpose

A being of life

From which

A breeze of breath

God breathed into you

To pursue this journey.

To make you

ALIVE

Till Next Time,

Sarah

AKA A Busy Lady

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