Write.
Because to do anything else is to give up on the light
touch you have with heavy subjects.
Because to do all else is fodder for heavy subjects,
those clever cannons you compose.
Write because this was decided for you, not
because this is what you chose.
Write.
Because to pen is to pour out,
and this place is thirsty for your thinking.
Because to give is to receive,
to spill over is the choicest mode of drinking.
Write.
Not because you are the best
but because there is no better way to become full.
Not because you need it to fund your body
but because you need it to fund your soul.
Write.
Not because it will be
the best story you have heard.
Write because it will not be your story.
Write not because you are author of -
but instead so you become
the word.