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Why I Write


I write because my silence is the loudest voice I have ever heard. 

I write when it's 3am and my head is spinning with truths that were afraid to surface in the daytime     When my words are so raw it almost scares me                                                                                    When I am bursting with emotion and inspiration                                                                                  About things that are, things that never should be                                                                                      But there is a method in my madness                                                                                                     Which leads to greatness                                                                                                                       Because in the end, I am free

I write to feel free                                                                                                                                                 But maybe, I just write to feel                                                                                                                   Because I am convinced I have the right to tingle with emotion                                                       Because I love feeling the interrelations between my heart and my brain                                         Those tongue tied, tall tales of tough truths

I write to know that I am alive                                                                                                                              To breathe again, to feel the blood running through my ink spotted veins                                     Because every time these words run through my pen                                                                                     I can feel my heart start beating again  

 

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