Why I Write: Timely Hesitations
I hesitate, continue,
rewrite
Words press in paper
their weight a reminder
as if recalling a past
stranger I met before.
Not in a picture
or placed in a thought
the image I had is
standing in front of you
as well now shared
spoken
revealed
be it a small blip in time
a memory
a dream
a love
a memoir
renamed and misspelled
misplaced and retold
into fiction
or truth
heavier and brighter
than I can convince you
by my own voice or experience
I hesitate, continue
rewrite.
Breaking the next line
I step a bit closer
filling up the bottom
of the reasons why
I write for myself yes,
I also write for you.
For all of us
and our hesitations
continuations
rewrites.
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