Erin Green Poet Free verse

I'M a Writer

I’m not a poet

I’m not an author

I’m simply 

A writer

This is my outlet

My way of venting

I write about what’s on my mind

What I’m feeling

I write the things I want to say

But don’t for one reason or another

Because 

I’m a writer

The person you see everyday

The face you see

It’s a mask

Just another character of my imagination

It’s what is needed to maneuver through my day

In an attempt to realize my dream

I’m a writer

In my writings I get to be myself

Expressing myself in a way that I believe gives you a true and honest piece of me

In the rawest form possible

While at the same time 

Recognizing that it doesn’t matter that I think I have something worth being heard

But that you think I have something worth hearing

All because

I’m a writer

My pen and my paper are my only true friends

Never faltering

Never judgmental

Never disappointing

They are there from the first word to the last

They support my thoughts and ideas 

Even the bad ones

And they are always within reach

Waiting when I have something to say

Because they too know

I’m a writer

I read everything I get my hands on

Soaking up every iota of information it contains

From the random trivia to abstract literary technique

Absorbing it and allowing it to manifest itself through my words

Hoping that it is making me better at my craft

Because 

I’m a writer

I put my heart and soul into my work

Adding a little piece of me in every line I write

Opening myself up to your criticisms and critiques

Of my thoughts

Of my ideas

Of me

And when the rejections hurt

I wear yet another mask 

The one with the big smile

I turn to my friends; the pen and paper

And I write

Because it’s what I’m supposed to do

Because

I’m a writer

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Carol Sunshine Brown December 31, 2009 at 11:38 AM ~~Erin~~Now you are winding down your year (2009 ) of sharing your amazing poetry with us here at PoetrySoup. As you begin your New Year (2010 ) I wish you the best with your writing endeavors whatever they may be. I wish you good health, all the love your heart can take and peace in your life. Love and blessings to you and yours now and always, Carol