An Open Box | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. An Open Box

An Open Box

February 21, 2014
By Anonymous

The sky is blue, the grass is green
Too bad the people are crying
The rain never came to their land
And the plants there are wilting

The cows are grazing on the meadow
Chewing while closing their eyes
Their tails swishing back and forth
Like a fan beating restless

Hummingbirds graze and fly around
Sucking all the honey out of the honeydews
While the bumblebees carry honey
In and out of their hive

I watch and paint on my canvas
That circle around my bed
The open box I drew
Illustrates all these events
On different parts of the world

© Anonymous

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Solar Lies
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Lightning
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."Edgar Allan Poe
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell" ~ Colin Powell
"Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom
"A poem is never finished, only abandoned."-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
Do It Now!
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's never to late, if it weren't for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
The Ending
By OurFrost GOLD
Galt, California
OurFrost GOLD, Galt, California
10 articles 1 photo 4 comments
View profile
Poetry
Oh, let me be
By Forgotten_and_Lost GOLD
Coffeyville, Kansas
Forgotten_and_Lost GOLD, Coffeyville, Kansas
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 5 comments.

monikitty12 PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 5 2014 at 4:19 pm
monikitty12 PLATINUM, New York, New York
35 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't cry because its over. Smile because it happened.

View profile
Lolololololol, anyway did you rate the poem?
RebeccaReader PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 4 2014 at 6:59 pm
RebeccaReader PLATINUM, New York, New York
20 articles 2 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,"

View profile
You're welcome.
RebeccaReader PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 4 2014 at 6:59 pm
RebeccaReader PLATINUM, New York, New York
20 articles 2 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,"

View profile
You're welcome. :)
monikitty12 PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 4 2014 at 4:00 pm
monikitty12 PLATINUM, New York, New York
35 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't cry because its over. Smile because it happened.

View profile
Shhhhhhhhh! Monica didn't write that!!! It is written by anonymous.......but thanks
RebeccaReader PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 3 2014 at 6:53 pm
RebeccaReader PLATINUM, New York, New York
20 articles 2 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,"

View profile
This is a very sweet poem Monica. I love you being so creative with how you descirbe (I think) the canvas as being an open box. I wonder where did you get your inspiration?