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Why I write by Vivere1337, literature
Literature
Why I write
Children are dying every day
People are lonely, anxious, depressed, scared
But I can’t be bothered to help
No, I’d rather hide behind my screen
Churning out useless poems
Than actually try to make a difference
When did a poem ever save a life?
How often do short stories change the world?
The truth is they don’t
But the truth is a little more than that
I can feel it nagging at me, even now
My realization, no, my reason for doing it:
That if teenage me had read a poem like this
One that said my pain was real and valid and okay
It would've meant the world to me
And I begin to wonder— what about the others?
What about the friends that never grew up?
A few written words and they might still be here
But I can’t change the past
So I’ll write poem after poem
Hoping to give you what I never got
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