Since I’m labeled with the term “writer," I get asked on countless occasions, “Why do you write?”
Well, for me, there is no easy answer for that. It took me awhile (Eight years to be exact), but I think I’ve got it now. I think this can be applied to lots of writers out there. Take a read.
I write for the fat girls. I write for the innocent kids influenced to be bad. I write because I feel, and I’m not afraid to feel. I write to be unorthodox. I write for the little girl in class with the hood on scared to take it off because people might make fun of her hair. I write for sci-fi nerds. I write for the girls who like their best friend. I write for the un-normal (because what is normal besides a social construct?). I write for boys who feel less-than when around the tall, tan and handsome. I write for millennials.
I write for the girl with really short hair. I write for those who make fun of others to make themselves feel better. I write about the people not conforming to the status quo and the brave and zit-faced. I write for the sanity of self because without writing I would wither away like a flower with no photosynthesis. I write when inspired.
I write because it’s a form of therapy for the people who can’t afford therapists. I write because it’s an art. I write because tomorrow is only a concept. I write for the clinically depressed and the socially oppressed. I write for the girl who has two pairs of pants (because I know what it’s like to be less than fortunate). I write out of fear of the unknown.
I write for the girl who likes other girls (in a more-than-a-friend way). I write for the beautiful dreamer. I write because I was once told if you’ve been given a gift not to waste it. I write in hopes that knowledge and perspective will be poured into a world that needs it. I write because I don’t know what today brings but I can imagine. I write because when you feel a way that is memorable it should recorded. I write for tranquility.
I write because I can’t make every protest. I write to conceal my demons. I write because writing gives you liberty to be an African queen or a janitor in Queens. I write for people who pick their noses. I write for the popular girl who's unaware that her words sting like queen bees. I write for people afraid of the birds and the bees.
I write because maybe one day my words can convince someone to put the knife down, untie the rope, talk to their father or find some other way to cope. I write for anyone who will read, and even if no one reads, I write for me.
The truth is I don’t know why I write, but I’d like to think that somewhere, someday I will create something in my writing that will make the world just a little more awesome. So I guess, I write for us.
