Why I Write

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   So I've been seeing a lot of poetry floating around about why people write. I thought, well, I might as well do one as well :) But I don't want to make an actual deviation out of it because this isn't actually going to be a poem. I don't think.

   I've been through some stuff in my life, it's not as extreme as some have it, but it is there. There's been lots of pain, sadness, confusion, rage, teenage angst (I had to add it), unrequited love (or just half assed crushes that never got anywhere), blood, sweat, and tears, etc... Either way, the point is that I've been through more than I can say for a lot of my fellow peers (at school, mind you. It seems everyone on deviantArt has some sob story one way or another). I wouldn't say I write to convey my feelings, opinions, thoughts, and emotions, though that is a huge part of why I do.

I'd say I write to find. I write because I want to find others who feel what I feel, who think what I think, who experience what I experience.

I'd say I write to be found, that someone will find me and know that they're not alone out there. The world is a scary place, and I'd say that my writing is a diary that will help me along my path of survival.

I'd say I write because I'm alone. And I don't want to be alone, as fun as it is to hold pity parties for myself.

I'd say I write to say thank you. Thank you, to each and every single person who tries to understand my poetry and therefore, try to understand me.

I'd say I write because I want someone to try and know me. I'd say I write because if they're just words, I can't be judged by what I look like, what I wear, what my voice sounds like, or what I say out of moments of stupidity.

I'd say I write to say you're welcome. For every person that thanks me, my poetry is there also to show that I'm like them and that my favorite or comment means as much as it would for someone to like something of mine.

I'd say I write for more things, but really, there's no reason. Because each and every single one of you out there uses words to some extent. And maybe the ones who I'm writing this for, are reading this and understand why I write because why I write, might be why you write.

I'd say I write for me.

And

I'd say I write for you.
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I'm reading this through and it's just like, cringe. Jesus.