"Why I Write" by Linds Boughton

I write to see if I can make sense
when I'm tired and I'm feeling dense
to write my homework for my writing class
with no inspiration or a prompt or a half-full glass
to remind me of what I'm about to write.

I write my morning pages at the break of dawn
when my mind is fresh and hasn't started thinking
I write how I feel when I'm all alone
about the rays of the sun that lights the moon that's sinking
grateful for our daily bread, I write to start my day right.

I also write when I'm upset and what great length I go
Indeed to exercise my right to feel this way
No matter I'm right or wrong when I'm feeling low
Let me express and vent about my dismay
better for me to write than to shop to feel good

I write to pay tribute, I love writing cards
to say thank you or I love you oh how I miss you my dear
I write to say sorry and for what I said please discard
"Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say" says King Lear
then I cry over spilled milk then write some more.

My problem at the moment is that I don't write enough
I must write daily to make it part of my life
I should write anytime when I cry and laugh
on every aha moment when it cuts like a knife
those moments that I can freeze and frame when I write.

I love it when I write when my heart drives my hand
to sing the words in melody, with  rhythm and rhyme
of phrases and sentences like Mozart's lullaby 
in solitude I write, oh heavens on high
strumming the words through crests and throughs my soul embrace.

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