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Why Write

Why write?
Why bother?
It's just words
They're just thoughts

Are they proper words?
I don't know
Are they valuable thoughts?
I have not a clue

I often doubt
And even my doubt has doubts about doubt

Why write then?
Will not my words be drowned in the endless noise of this plain?
Will anything be heard?
Will I change any lives?
Will I start a movement?

I think not
I know not

Why press my fingers on these keys then?
Why waste my time?

In the end, there is only one answer
Only one excuse that I could devise

And that this writing has absolutely no power, save over me

So ....
I write to not lose my mind
I write to jolt a memory, an emotion, to tear it away
Tear it away from the sticky stifling webs of logic
I write to breathe fresh air
I write to fool myself into thinking that it's the world going mad and not me
I write to feel safe
I write to feel protected
I write so that my heart can slow down after a long day
I write because I am troubled, and know not how to recover
I write ... so that I may SCREAM at the world!

Then again
Why write?
Why bother?

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Sandra Adams

Date: 10/22/2012 7:05:00 PM

we write to release pain or emotion, we write to be heard, we wrote hoping to help someone...we write to touch...and you did that...good poem...congrats on being featured!

Daver Austin

Date: 10/22/2012 2:23:00 PM

One writes, basically, I think, to communicate. You have a number of good reasons for writing. Congrats on the selection. daver

Leo Larry Amadore

Date: 10/22/2012 8:31:00 AM

Congratulations on being featured this week. I enjoyed reading your work

Shaz Cheesman

Date: 10/2/2012 10:44:00 PM

Hi Emile.....love the poem, questions many thaings that we can all relate to in some way. We possibly all question why write and what it means. But you hit the nail on the head its all thos things and more! - Shaz

Amanda Sullivan

Date: 10/2/2012 4:20:00 PM

Hi Emile, this is so true in life, are we heard, are we read, sometimes maybe other times not. Really enjoyed reading your fabulous poem, thank you for sharing :)