October 20 2014

Why I Write…

To celebrate the National Day on Writing, we are blogging! We spent some time talking about the WHYs of writing. Here’s my poem about why I write…
 
I write to breathe
to live
to grow
 
The pencil attacks the page
with word after word
creating and building ideas
and stories
 
People read my words
and their minds are blown!
A whole new universe
opens to them
through
my words
 
I write to express
to create
to escape
 
Computer keys step one after another 
to stitch together
plots and conflicts
in a new world
where anything
can happen
 
I write to connect
to feel
to remember
 
Memories captured
like fireflies in a jar
in my words
forever
to be released
like a time capsule
during another time
 
I write to breathe
to grow
to live
 
I write to live