Reasons For Writing

I ask myself a lot of questions

Tonight is not any different

The topic of my current thought

Is why I write and why did I start

Many people do the same as me

Walk into any library and see

I am most definitely not extraordinary 

But everyone has their own reasons

To write the meaning of their feelings 

However lately I began losing mine

A loss of inspiration leading to stagnation

A train of thoughts but frustration prevails 

Somehow I cannot write them down 

They just keep floating around

I want to put them back on their rails 

So tonight the question on my mind

To which the answer I hope to find

Something I wish to retrace

In order to move forward again

So that I can improve and grow

For that to happen I need to know

Why do I even write in the first place?

In my head, I have the world

In the world, I just have my head

So I began writing to escape reality

Using it as a means to leave

Even if it was just temporarily 

Primarily it was composing stories 

Imaginary and in different categories 

But it evolved into something more

These pages became my safe place

Holding things I'd never say face to face

A means to communicate my mental state

A way to translate and keep me grounded

I write because my mind is crowded

Surrounded with thoughts that are complex

I think right and I think left

I think ahead and I think back

I think without keeping track

Of the thinking that is filling my mental backpack

It is writing that helps me analyze

To revise what my mind supplies

So I will never stop because I realize

Through writing it is this mind I immortalize

And one day I'll be gone

But the pages I fill with my words

Will allow my thoughts to live on

Reviews

[Franky]

Very well done. I agree with this so much. I know I need to just start myself!! I hate that awesome thoughts and stories in my life go unwritten about. How sad. I think this write has encouraged me.