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Why Do You Write?

August 23, 2014
By Amberjane GOLD, St Peter Port, Other
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Once I was asked;



'Why do you write?'



And my reply?



So simple and light.



I told them merely



For fun, thats all



But inside I knew, 



Thats lies, the fool!



 



I write to love



I write to cry



I write to show people



How they can't deny,



That words have power



No man could hold



I write to show people



I'm not controlled.



 



I write to stand



I write to scream



I write to live life



Within my own dreams.



I write to show people



The raw, raging fires



That possess my mind



That fuel my desires.



 



So the next time I'm asked;



'Why do you write?'



I'll smile at them



And say, 



Because it makes me fight.

© Lauren S., Reading, Berkshire, UK

The author's comments:

I wrote this poem after really questioning why I like writing, and I found my answer so easily, as expressed. I hope that people see writing is a form of showing yourself in your true honest form. 

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