Write

It’s been so long since I’ve been here

The white screen beckons

“Add text to me,” it says

Write. Write. Write.

It’s in me now

The old familiar fire

The need to love

To write, to live

It’s the only happiness I’ve ever known

I let it be squandered

Lost

I let it drift

Said it was too painful

That I could only write for you

For love

Said, thought, bled so many things

But this is mine

The words, the heart that beats

Is mine

Mine to give, to take away

Can’t let you have everything.

Can’t let fear hold me back

Need to breathe, need to explore

Need to write.