Why I write
Location
I write to give life
To breathe breath on the page
And for you to inhale it as you read
I write to revitalize the feebleness within
For when I lose my ‘me’
In the day-to-day breeze
I write like Cash for the “poor and beaten down
Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town”
Except you’ll always see bright colors on my back
Because I write to reflect my Creator’s face
That’s tangled in the warmth of the sun
And sea
I write for those lonely mountain-top moments
The wind steals my page
And sings the words back to me
I write for the pleasure
In unplanned sessions of torn papers
And chewed pens
I write to strive
I strive to write
I write to love
I love to write
I write to cope
I write to heal
Healing is coping
I write for feeling
I write for the real
No fake you’ll find between these lines
My life is signed
I write because my hands won’t know what else to do.