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Warms My Soul: A Poem on Why I Write
A short poem on why I write — and why I can't not. On the writing that arrives without warning, and the only honest reason to keep going.
A small one about why I write. Or rather, about why I can’t not.
It comes to me like epiphanies
It’s like I’m teleporting to the place I need to be
Ironically, the more I think the less I write
I don’t even know if I’m doing it right
I just know it warms my soul — so I keep goin’
The thinking is the enemy of the writing. The more I plan it, the less it shows up. The trick is mostly just to stay near the page until it arrives. I don’t even know if I’m doing it right. That’s fine. The warming is the metric.
— JTC