I’ve never been a good writer.
I just love what I feel like when I sit there
watching the words come from my fingertips
and onto the page.
I don’t expect people to tell me I am talented
or have a gift.
I like the feeling of a full page
and something to read two years down the road
when I want to remember what I was feeling
in that exact moment.
I wish I had a talent
and could write anything at any time
that everyone would love.
But it’s hard to be so creative
when everything in your mind is so jumbled.
I’m not F. Scott Fitzgerald,
I’m not Robert Frost.
I am a girl under five feet
with shaking hands
and a mind full of poems
that make absolutely no sense.
I wish I wrote beautiful poems
that make people want to be happy
or make people feel intelligent
or not alone.
But I just produce words
that barely flow together
and a mess of lines
that no one will ever read.