The single greatest pleasure
is the one you cannot measure.
To be a slave of a line
(the straight edge undefined)
is to be in an ugly system
containing its own wisdom
and rules so easy to hate.
It is a kick against fate
to be in a pattern of pain
(a routine to work again
and again, keeping you low).
This is what we know:
to write means to be;
to create is to be free.
In all crises and confusions,
we move from our decisions
to a place where the pen
and paper deny, and then
we learn that loss, pain and suffering try
(but cannot deny)
the words that escape us all
(the work that will not die).
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Note: I wrote this in rough after a friend of mine complained about writing in the face of another tragedy (this was based on events related to a situation I won't detail here). I kept these thoughts to myself, but I think I want to share all of this now and let you have the final say...
And Mr. Hardy will also get a word in:
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Kendall Defoe
Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page.
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Comments (6)
Writings is therapeutic so always keep writing!
Driving cadences, pushing us from beginning to end, promising a work that will endure no matter the pain or cost.
Love this, Kendall! Yes, write on!
Yes! With an efficiency of words and an abundance of meaning, you have hit the nail on the head. Write!
Oh yes that gets you right in the guts, hard fast and true!
Yes. For so many reasons - write!