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NicoleMD

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

1 poem·Since April 2016
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When I Write

April 16, 2016

 

When I can’t make the words come out of my mouth, I write

When I am too frustrated to speak or sing, I write

When I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, I write

When I need to think before I speak, I write

 

When I write, I hear a song in my mind

One without any sound at all

A song that puts spice on my tongue

I listen and see colors unimaginable

 

Instead of bursting out in fury, I write furiously

Instead of drowning myself in tears, I write water into my work

Instead of chaining myself with stress, I unlock my mind to write

Instead of hiding from the world, I release the world inside of me

 

When I write, I am at peace

With the world

With the struggles

With myself

For that, I write

 
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