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Feb 14
poem challenge: Tone
GreyBean

What makes us human

She asked what makes us hurt,
and so I gestured to my tears,
I gestured to my chest—
the beating, breaking heart inside. 

She asked what makes us happy,
and so I gave her a hug,
I gave her a bundle of flowers—
picked, fresh, the morning before.

She asked what makes us cry,
and so I pointed to a grave,
I pointed to the sunrise—
the happy light spilling upward. 

She asked what makes us smile,
and so I told her a joke,
I told her that I loved her—
three words that are simply not enough. 

She asked what makes us love, 
and so I took her hand in mine,
I took her gentle words and beautiful lies—
lies can be beautiful. 

She asked what makes us human, 
and so I gave her the world, 
I gave her my hurt,
my happiness, 
my tears,
my smiles, 
​and my love. 

This poem was inspired by "Our Bodies" by TheMuffinMan
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  1. ivyparks
    Feb 14, 2021

    this is so beautiful and well written, my favorite part is probably " i gestured to my chest-
    the beating, breaking heart inside."

    ivyparks

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  1. GreyBean
    Feb 14, 2021

    Thank you!! This poem was fun to write, and I'm so glad you liked it! :)

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  1. S.Reid
    Feb 15, 2021

    GreyBean, what a beautiful tribute to the best side of humanity and I love that your poem was sparked by another YWP writer, TheMuffinMan!

    YWP Executive Director
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  1. GreyBean
    Feb 15, 2021

    Thank you!!

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  1. Treblemaker
    Mar 01, 2021

    That was absolute beautiful. I want to put it on a poster in my room. wow

    I write because the music of language spoke to me in books and I wanted to make a beautiful noise to answer back ~ Lee Williams.

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  1. GreyBean
    Mar 01, 2021

    Aw, thank you!

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