Thursday, December 22, 2011

Writing

Dear Writing,
    I guess you already know what this is about.
    I guess since this is really to myself, I should feel foolish
    But I need to thank you for everything
    I need to thank you for letting me live a thousand times over
    I need to thank you for letting me fall in love a hundred times over
    I need to thank you for letting my characters fight and struggle
    I need to thank you for letting me teach my characters
    I need to thank you for letting my characters teach  me
    Thank you for everything, for the good stories and the bad ones
I wish I'd never written, for the good characters and the evil ones,
for the moments of fear and adrenaline, for the moments of heartbreak
and homecoming.
     Again, I know this is foolish but seems appropriate all the same, since
I know without writing, I'd just vegetate in front of the TV and I'd be so
much less.
      Is that too selfish a thing to think?

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