Why I Write

I put pen to paper To uncover the words I think but cannot speak or the ones I fear to speak I write to communicate the bold words. I write to take a chance to go out on a limb. I love these words. The way they wrap around ideas tight. Or jump the page into a cosmic thread. Or order lunch. Or mourn the dead. Or break my heart. Or blow my mind. On this paper, I can sing. I can dream. I can imagine. When I write, I am. I am here. I am honest. I am perfect. A part of my soul reaches out to touch the world, and maybe a small ripple spreads. These words allow freedom. Freedom to feel with sharp clarity. Freedom to dull my senses to the pain. Even a freedom to escape my vicious surroundings to live among fantasies. These words are A personality An individuality A voice. A voice unlike any other. It is Beautiful. Magnificent. Creative. A song, to touch your heart. Flowing like a fresh spring stream. Licking the air as hungry flames. On this paper, my voice lives on forever carved into the paper... a piece of my soul, saved. A power beyond measure. A beauty without comparison. I write to paint a picture. To bring color to my darkened world... To make the world I see...real. To paint my conscious to my audience, and then read the pastel splendor beneath my fingertips... I write to think clearly. I write to remember my love. I write to forget my heartbreak. I write to move on. I write for those who have loved and lost. I write for those who have lived, and been hurt. I write to heal the pain. I write to find myself. I write to achieve prosperity. I write because I have to write. I write because I would go crazy if I didn't. I write because I am crazy. I write to make sense of the hideous intricacy of this world. I write because I am happy. I write because I am in pain. I write for the sheer joy of it. I write because sometimes it's the only thing that keeps me here. Sometimes it's the only thing that keeps me breathing. I'm addicted to this pen...and this paper. I write for expression. And I write to find the truth in a sea of lies.