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The art of being silent

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By Amanda Published 2 years ago • 1 min read

I don't like words, words hardly ever convey my true emotions

words get me in trouble

words hurt

words are costly

I don't like to talk all that much

I do it because I have to

And because I have to i often find myself saying whatever I need to say

just to get through the day

The truth is...I love words, words have shaped me in way more profound than I could ever truly express

The beauty of literature is one I've been blessed to not only comprehend

But to feel with every fiber of my being

It sets my heart ablaze and it's a flame I gladly submit to

let it encompass me

consume me until not much is left but longing

To feel it with my whole chest

Even now I do my best

Yes I'm depressed but I still write

Though I cannot speak

I write

How could I not?

There's a storm inside of me and I fear one day

It will swallow me whole

And when it does...

What more am I to do than leave behind stories of me to be told

Stream of Consciousness

About the Creator

Amanda

Angst? Just an esoteric soul wrapped up in 21st-century BS hoping one day it'll make sense where I fit into all of it; one day I'll see the light at the end of the tunnel. For now... I write because if I spoke, the words might be lost

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    Written by Amanda