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Why I Write
March 6, 2019
Anxiety multiplies
Beyond my control.
Then it overflows.
The current is too strong
For me to hold my ground.
So I write.
And I'm anchored.
A place where
I should feel safe
And can eat my lunch
In peace.
But then I hear something
That shouldn't be said.
So I run
To pull myself together.
Before the tears stream,
I write
And the tears retreat.
The end of another day.
Crickets cry
And birds fly.
And the sky--
It glows.
No one slows down.
No one stops
To smell the roses.
So I write
And it's captured forever.
© Amanda T., Scituate, MA
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