I’ve called myself a writer since I was a little girl. 

From the letters I wrote to my diary to the unfinished novel sitting in my desk drawer, I’ve written for years. There’s journal entries, and essays, and poetry proclaiming my feelings and comparing them to the beautiful mundane things in the world. Various metaphors about astronomy or nature or traveling all with different tones and syntax. Writing, gives me an escape from reality, because all I’ve ever wanted was my life to be filled with adventure, just as my shelves are filled with books. I’ve called myself a writer since I was a little girl. I’ve called myself a writer since I was a little girl.Growing up was no easy task, especially when God decides to test you with every turn you take.I admit, sometimes I’d slip,But honey, when I fell down face first, down just started to look like up to me.So maybe I started to walk into the storms, but I used that rain to grow.And sometimes I’d get tricked - the birds chirped, the sun shined.But I knew better, because I was told that if I stare at the sun for too long then I’d go blind.And when the wind swept away parts of my soul, I filled my hollow embodiment with thoughts, and ideas, and words, and stories. I created myself to be a writer.I’ve called myself a writer since I was a little girl. I’ve called myself a writer since I was a little girl.And right now I feel scared,Right now I feel free,Because these words are my diary,And these words are my mind,And these words, these words are me.I’ve called myself a writer since I was a little girl.I have been a writer since I was a little girl.