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Motivate My Writing

A Complimentary Poem for 'The Great Hourglass'

By Joseph MarraPublished 7 years ago 1 min read
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Write! Words perceived as grains of sand, the pages they fall on the world. They create beaches, deserts, great storms of sand carried on the wind. There is an ocean of words defining perception, creating history, evolving language.

Revealed is but a thin layer, overshadowing the buried bulk. Not forgotten, not lost, but shrouded beneath the surface. They beg to resurface, on the tails of the wind, on the minds of the curious. They beg to be carried on the great torrent of time. They are introduced to the oceans and deposited on the beaches of our mind. They beseech understanding.

Thoughts travel in all directions, waring with sensory overload: embrace this chaos and release it. Engage what it may divulge, unique to each mind, and proclaim these revelations. Do not fear where the words may fall, let them be conveyed towards their purpose or be ejected into space. Remember those experiences and learn from them.

Be their craftsman, shape them into more than just letters on a page, clicks on a keyboard. Bestow on them the substance they desire. Fashion a window into the future, a vase carrying fresh blooms of the present, a telescope into the past.

Diction is but a reflection of the past, modernized for the present, and a template for the future. Strive to be different, transform words into reality, fragile and beautiful. Explore other shapes they might take, images they might portray, emotions they might carry.

Write, struggle, fail, get over it, find courage and strength, embrace weakness, overcome adversity, be brave and succeed.

Succeed for yourself, for those who believed in you, for those who doubted you. Succeed and get over it. Fail again, fail again so that you might learn more, never stop learning. Write.

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Joseph Marra

Just another struggling artist trying to find purpose.

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