I Am A Writer

This is Why I Write

By Alyssa Morris

Writing has always been my escape;

My safe haven in which I am free to express

All of my hopes and dreams.

I can place

My fears, my joys, every part of me

Into a pattern of words

And suddenly, my mind is clear again.

Some view writing as just a hobby

Or something therapeutic;

But to me

Writing is so much more than that.

When I was but thirteen

I had no choice but to reinvent myself.

I sought an outlet where I could

Express my frustrations

And teenage angst.

No one really understood;

I felt like a shadow

Of the person I once was.

But this awkward place in my life

Inspired me to begin to write;

And thus my inner poet was born.

Writing started a fire inside of me;

An unquenchable desire to say

Everything that I needed to express.

I fell in love with writing

Because I knew

No matter who or what came my way

That it could never get in the way of my writing.

No one could ever interrupt me

Or tell me that the things I think and feel are irrelevant

Because everything I needed to say was on paper

And no one could ever take that away from me.

Writing always has been

And always will be my passion.

It means not only the world

But all the worlds that my own words can create.

It means never having to apologize for the way I see the world

Because my views are unique.

And no one else can change them.

To me, writing does not simply stop on paper

But continues on in the mind of the writer.

I am the writer

And this is why I write.