I Was Busy | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. I Was Busy

I Was Busy

March 15, 2019
By foxag SILVER, Parker, Colorado
More by this author
foxag SILVER, Parker, Colorado
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Be a walking contradiction. Be strong and humble. Be deep and lighthearted. Be beautiful and intelligent. Be confident and humble. Be someone with a quick wit and a cheap sense of humor. Be content climbing amount and enjoying the sweetness of doing nothing. The world may try and classify you as one thing because that is far easier to understand than a person who has a little bit of everything in them. And you may feel misunderstood for a while, but just remember your people can only find you if you are brave enough to be yourself. There are parts of you that you have yet to discover. There is a greater love that you have yet to find. There are experiences that are far beyond your imagination. And it's all waiting for you. Life is waiting for you. So set aside your expectations and go explore it." - Alliemichellel

View profile

I lied and said I was busy. I was busy, but not in a way that most people understand.


I was busy taking deeper breaths.


I was busy silencing my irrational thoughts.


I was busy calming my racing heart.


I was busy trying to convince myself that I was ok.


I was busy trying to find a way to love myself.


Sometimes this is my busy, but people don’t understand that.

© Ellen K., Baldwin Park, CA

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Silence
By bitty09 SILVER
Claymont, Delaware
bitty09 SILVER, Claymont, Delaware
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Solar Lies
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Breathing
By costarican93 GOLD
Washington, Louisiana
costarican93 GOLD, Washington, Louisiana
14 articles 0 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The city looks so pretty do you want to burn it with me?"- Hollywood Undead

View profile
Poetry
I want a guy...
By grlgotgame BRONZE
Chillicothe, Ohio
grlgotgame BRONZE, Chillicothe, Ohio
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Girls with butts like mine, don't talk to boys with faces like yours."

View profile
Poetry
Cracked vase
By Dale CROUCH PLATINUM
JOPLIN, Missouri
Dale CROUCH PLATINUM, JOPLIN, Missouri
29 articles 9 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Med-O-Lark
By Mew13 SILVER
Princeton, New Jersey
Mew13 SILVER, Princeton, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surly vote for the purr.&quot;<br /> (Barbara L. Diamond)

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 13 comments.

Sam_Dayes09 said...
on Sep. 26 at 5:20 pm
Sam_Dayes09, Spring Valley, California
0 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: 'Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.' -- Jose Rizal

View profile
so so true.
libraryghost PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 18 2023 at 11:28 pm
libraryghost PLATINUM, Lynnwood, Washington
32 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"No one really understands each other. We're all just stuck inside ourselves." Aza, Turtles All the Way Down

View profile
this is so relatable good job...
libraryghost PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 18 2023 at 11:25 pm
libraryghost PLATINUM, Lynnwood, Washington
32 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"No one really understands each other. We're all just stuck inside ourselves." Aza, Turtles All the Way Down

View profile
this is so relatable good job...
Self-Scarred BRONZE said...
on Nov. 1 2023 at 3:33 pm
Self-Scarred BRONZE, Temecula, California
4 articles 0 photos 10 comments
View profile
So good and relatable. I wish someone could understand all the pain we go through each time
goneg1rl said...
on Aug. 18 2022 at 2:16 am
goneg1rl, Danville, Virginia
0 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
All extremes of feeling are allied with madness - Virginia Woolf

View profile
Very relatable. Really nobody seems to understand that that busy can come in the form of just trying to keep yourself from breaking. this was very good.
Enigmatic_Abstract said...
on Apr. 1 2020 at 7:55 pm
Enigmatic_Abstract, Garland, Texas
0 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Tell me, my dear, can a heart still break once it's stopped beating?

View profile
It really be like that sometimes
jmeeks said...
on Dec. 3 2019 at 1:15 pm
jmeeks, North Charleston, South Carolina
0 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
This is like the calm after the storm, everything has settled and even though it left destruction in it's wake, you know the worst is over.

View profile
This is really good. Short, straight to the point, well worded. I like it.
human2person BRONZE said...
on Nov. 15 2019 at 9:50 am
human2person BRONZE, Sedona, Arizona
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I'm bored of being bored because being bored is boring.

View profile
I love this
Fate-S-F BRONZE said...
on Mar. 30 2019 at 11:38 pm
Fate-S-F BRONZE, Beaverton, Oregon
2 articles 1 photo 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
no one knows what will happen tomorrow, but things might change, use your time with your loved ones.

View profile
really good for a free verse poetry.
MarissaPham BRONZE said...
on Mar. 28 2019 at 12:29 pm
MarissaPham BRONZE, Grandville, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
This piece is very relatable and nicely written!
hheyboer said...
on Mar. 28 2019 at 12:22 pm
hheyboer, Gr, Michigan
0 articles 0 photos 2 comments
View profile
Very deep and meaningful.
Kmartin004 said...
on Mar. 28 2019 at 9:34 am
Kmartin004, Parker, Colorado
0 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Beautiful!