Why Do I Write?

I write what I write

Because it’s my reality

It’s where I am

Right now

Writers write

To figure themselves out

Unlock the mysteries

Of their own life

Day to day

When you read it

And you feel something

I am so grateful

If it helps you

Then I am filled

For this is more than

I could ever have expected
So

If you read it

And it touched you

I know we are not alone

And we share something

But I didn’t write it for you

I wrote it because this is where I am

Today, now, in this moment

I’m not trying to poke at you

Not asking you to feel anything

But it will happen anyway, trust me

For this is what has happened to me

When others have told the truth

About THEIR lives
And I have taken it in

And found myself looking in a mirror

I never said you had to do
Feel, or say anything

I have to put this all somewhere

Please understand

And these words

THEY ARE ME

They are the place I am in

Today

So if you feel something

I am grateful

If you tell me that

I am honored

Humbled

But the truth is

I didn’t write it for you

I wrote them for me