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Why do you write?
Is it to escape? seek comfort? Why is it that you've chosen words? Anything goes - fiction, poetry, your thoughts. (I'm curious)
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katenick

it’s “I”, right?

I write

because I can’t speak the way you want me to

I write

because I don’t want to tell the truth

I write

because I can let it all out

I write

because my brain’s too loud

and if I talk it’ll just drown in sound

I write

the feelings down as they hit home

because it’s faster than waiting for you to come

and listen

I write

because I can’t finish

a sentence if I’m crying

I write

when I feel like dying

it calms me down

I write

when I feel like I might drown

I write

when everything is all wrong

I write

when my head is filled with song

I write

when you don’t reach out

I write

when I begin to doubt

everything I’ve done

I write

when I feel like I’m the one

who messed up

I write

when I want to feel tough

I write

when you make me feel small

I write

cause sometimes it makes me feel tall

or bigger than myself

I wrote

because it made me feel free

I know I’ll remain a writer

because that’s someone I’ll always be

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#poetry #freeverse #whyiwrite #writing