Why I Write
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There's a certain profound beauty
In watching words string together
In such elegance to eventually
Form such a sweet everything.
To find that I too could be the
Stringer of these words
Such as others have strung, have comforted,
Was a blessing of immense mercy.
I then understood the truth in saying that God
Reveals Himself in unexpected and subtle ways.
Suffocated by a murky despair,
I desperately hurled myself
And sunk gratefully into the
Comfort of books and pages and stories.
Awed by their bold grace,
The mercy and peace of God shone
Through the spaces between the letters.
Chapters and words and pages lifted me
And guided me by the hand through lands,
Through parallel worlds,
Through Heaven,
Through mountains,
To the edges of cliffs,
To eventually lead me to my own pen,
My own pages,
My own words.
In my words I am comforted,
Relieved, unburdened.
I am joyful,
And I am brought to life.