A Writer Born To Create
"Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself."
~ Octovia E. Butler
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since young I have been writing . . .
I felt like a child in a concrete garden
frozen and forlorn, alone
but words like kisses set me free
in writing I could create a new truth
create whatever I wished_
words changed the blanket of my memory
that river that flows endlessly . . . .
I can now create beauty from teardrops
from those tattered curtains that stir old pain
and I dream silent verse and rhymes that glide
for words and writing heal the scars
on the roadmap of my soul
and though my life is weather-stained with years
I can create beauty from the decay
and create the story of my path
therefore, I go forward with hope and fear
into the wintry forest of life
to create words that reflect myself
on that road less taken by poets . . . .
to tell the life of a writer born
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October 10, 2020
Poetry/Free Verse/A Writer Born to Create
Copyright Protected, ID 20-1294-064-03
All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France
Written for the Premier contest, Quotable
sponsor, Regina McIntosh
First Place
Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2020
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