Day 8: Write, My Dear

a poem

Friends,

Thank you for holding my vulnerability with me the other day, as I shared that even as a published poet I still struggle with the words I release to the world, to you, this dear community.

Today’s word is special. It wraps us all up, pulls us together for this purpose, for this space that we are holding and creating online together.

Today’s word is W R I T E .

Write, My Dear!

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Write, my dear.

Make it count,
for something,
for someone,
for yourself,
at least.

Write for Little You,
the one waiting
in the shadows
for a sign to
come forth.

Write for Future You,
who begs to remember
what what it means
to be alive when all
feels lost.

Write for Your Neighbor,
who is struggling to know
whether they really belong
in a world that doesn’t
value them.

Write for the world,
that aches and groans
for a better way forward
and an end to the suffering
for good.

Write for future generations
who haven’t yet dreamed
but are on the way to making 
everything exactly as it
should be.

Make it count,
for today,
for tomorrow,
for this moment,
at least.

Write, my dear.