I write because I'm in pain

People hurt you without meaning to

Or maybe it's purposefully

People pass away

Whether it's their time or not

I write because I'm in love

I am a teenage girl cliché

Half of what I write is about a boy

A boy who has captured my heart

A boy that eventually breaks my heart

I write because I'm frustrated 

Everything I can't or won't say

Every silent tear splatters on the page 

A girl can only take so much 

Only so much

I write because I'm afraid 

I'm afraid that people overestimate me

That instead of a star 

I'm a ball of hot gas

Burning bright before I flame out

I write because I have something to prove

Not to the world, but to me

I need something, anything that warrants as proof

That I am more than what I expect from myself

Something that sets me apart from the rest

I write because it is my sanity

When I don't write, I am a constant explosion 

Emotional hot mess

2016 Miley Cyrus type mess

So, yeah. Not good. 

That's why I write.