I am not, I am a writer

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I am not a conformist/ I am a writer/                                                                                                                                                                               And the ideas I follow may be conforming ideas/   But I do not let the ideas conform me /  I conform ideas /  I am not a pessimist/  I am a writer/  And the things I write may be filled with peace/  But I do not avoid conflict/  I live on conflict/  I do not lie/  I write/  And the truths I tell may not always be true/  But they are always truths/  I do not fight/  I write/  And the things I write may not cause me bodily harm/  But my writing wins more often than your sword/                                                                                                                                                                                   I write to bring out my inner monster/ For no harm comes to people as my characters see harm/ I write to rid myself of my demons/ For demons burn in daylight/ I write to share my perspective/ For in a story it is much more persuasive than a speech/                                                                                                                                                                                        I write to warn/ For sometimes people need an example/ I write to create happiness/ For sometimes you must create your own/ I write to create tragedy/ For happiness cannot be enjoyed if there is nothing else/                                                                                                                                                                                   To write is to be a/ monster/ a god/ a devil/ a ghost/ an intellectual/ an imbecile/                                                                                                                                                                                    I write to/ feel/ deny/ kill/ save/ create/ destroy/                                                                                                                                                                                          I write to be/ traditional/ unorthodox/ religious/ atheist/ monochromatic/ every color/                                                                                                                                                                                To write is to be/ anything/ under/ the sun/

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