I need to.

I write because

I can.

I feel.

I want to.

I'm a child playing pretend, creating my own world.

With a world as busy, confusing, and active as this,

I want to write.

I write because

I need an escape.

I need to create an escape for others.

I have to.

My characters and I finally get everything we want.

With so much distraction, unhappiness, and doubt,

I have to write.

I want to write.

I have to see the words on the page of a notebook,

Feel the pen in my hand.

I need to form the words on the screen,

Press the buttons on the keyboard.

The repetitive motions become therapeutic.

I write because it makes me better.

I write because

I am getting better.

I can make others better, too.

I need to.

I get to keep everything I lost and create everything I need.

With a world that tears and builds unpredictably,

I need to write.