Miranda Hawley Poet Personification

You Need Me, Crayon Box Edition

I am the brown crayon in your crayon box,
and it is clear that you need me.
I can color in the sand your child plays in,
or I can be the trunk of the tree that gives you shade.
Don't try to make me just like you,
I am pretty sure I need you too.

I am the orange crayon in your crayon box,
and it is clear that you need me.
I am the color of the fruit that holds my name,
that makes a juice so very sweet.
Don't try to make me just like you,
I am pretty sure I need you too.

I am the blue crayon in your crayon box,
and it is clear that you need me.
I can color the sky that is the cosmos above your head,
and I can give you a refreshing drink of water.
Don't try to make me just like you,
I am pretty sure that I need you too.

I am the green crayon in your crayon box,
and it is clear that you need me.
I am the color of the leaves that give you shade,
and I represent the money you spend.
Don't try to make me just like you,
I am pretty sure that I need you too.

I am the purple crayon in your crayon box,
and it is clear that you need me.
Your art teacher might have told you that my name is violet.
I am the color of grapes round and sweet.
Don't try to make me just like you,
I am pretty sure that I need you too.  

I am the black crayon in your crayon box,
and it is clear that you need me.
I am the most popular font color on your computer.
I am the color of the lines that make the picture in your child's coloring book.
Don't try to make me just like you,
I am pretty sure that I need you too.

I am the yellow crayon in your crayon box,
and it is clear that you need me.
I color the sun that warms the day.
and I am the color of the lemons in your lemonade.
Don't try to make me just like you,
I am pretty sure that I need you too.

I am the red crayon in your crayon box,
and it is clear that you need me.
I color the cherry that tastes oh so sweet,
and I am the color on a map to indicate heat.
Don't try to make me just like you,
I am pretty sure that I need you too.

We are the colors in your crayon box,
and we are sure that you need us all.
We work together in harmony,
but yet we are all different as can be.
Don't try to make us just like you,
We are pretty sure that we need you too.

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Robert Gorelick July 30, 2022 at 1:28 PM This is the idea upon which our nation was founded, E Pluribus Unum, from many one. If only we could abide by your wonderful words. Robert Miranda Hawley July 30, 2022 at 4:36 PM Thank you for that encouragement. We do as a society tend to zoom in more on what makes us different vs what makes us the same and we fight a lot. If only "we the people" could learn that we need each other. Someday maybe, in heaven though.

Heidi Sands July 28, 2022 at 6:48 AM Wow. This is a great, creative personification! Well written. I enjoyed :) Miranda Hawley July 28, 2022 at 7:08 AM Thank very much for that. I am a bus monitor for a bus school system that is 100%special needs students. One student on my bus rides daily with a nurse. Talking to her about how everyone from a McDonald's worker to the most educated nurse are all needed I became inspired to write this.