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IT IS WRITE.


 

Why I Write?

I write because if I don’t

Somebody else will tell my story

Somebody else will see what I saw

Feel what I felt

Hear what I heard

For me

 

Why I Write?

Because in this God forsaken world

Where people kill their own

Where babies weep in the secrets of the womb

And where the evils of the universe lurk

I

Am somehow free to inspire another mind

 

Why I Write?

Because my story is somebody elses story

Somebody elses breakthrough

Somebody elses epiphany

 

Why I Write?

What is a dreamer if one can not dream?

What is a believer if one can not believe?

What is a giver if one can not give?

What is a writer if...

 

Why I Write?

Because it is right.

 

 

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