I Must Write

Lately, I haven’t written a single line

Not one single word to spill into a poem.

Did I get a mental block?

Or was I simply waiting

For the stars to align?

Who’s really to know.

Although I guess at the moment,

I’ve found my voice,

My words.

As I sit and I stare at this blank computer screen,

Over time I feel heavy with the voice I’ve choked behind.

My tongue feeling restless in between the spaces of my teeth.

I feel something stirring around inside of me.

I think it might break out

As I grow tired of holding back the voice.

I grow tired of holding back the feelings,

I must write

I must write to expose,

I must write to express,

I must write to explore all the dark places in my mind.

I can’t keep standing on the side

As I watch the way the world is turning,

I am learning.

I am suffering in this version, I can’t breathe.

I can’t see the world that is bright and full of life,

As I watch over and over as another human dies.

I guess I have found my words once again, as though they never left.

My tongue now dancing around in my mouth

As the words spill out on the page.

I must write for a change.

I must write for a change.

I must write for a change.

I write to expose

I write to express

I write to explore

I write to impress

I write to involve you

I write to reach you

I write to be heard

I write to be read

I write to be loved

I write to be kind

I write to stand up for the rest of my life.

I write about the dream of change. I write for change.

I write for change.

We are all, to be changed.

sg