Why I Write

It's so hard to express....the urge, the thrill, the enticement.... This is some of the best I've been able to come up with, as far as explanations go....


Sweet and small
Are my ponderings,
Though I span the mountains
In my wandering.
Bits and phrases
Flow through me,
Words and strings
Ring true to me.

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I am enchanted
By empty pages;
By an undiscovered,
uncreated world.
I fear my penstrokes
Mar the opportunity,
Scarring the patient future
With juvenile scribblings
And stumblings,
Fumbling for words.
I crave beautiful,
Articulate lettering
Upon the clean,
crisp pages.
I yearn to beckon
To faceless,
Nameless audiences
By caressing paper with pen.

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Let the words enfold you,
Let the rhythm draw you in,
Let the lullaby calm you--
The music of mind and pen.