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1. We write. For an outlet A barbed wire connection Ignited by the rasp Of an impulse against emotion’s Sandpaper matchbox strip A noisy reveal of words Or music Flashing briefly Burning one Or many All protection lost In complete vulnerability Consequences be damned, We write. 2. We write For something to do To forget And remember What may be lost Otherwise To protect To preserve One or many Fragile things To make them stop To make them Stay. We write. 3. We write To put on paper Things we can’t say Words we Shouldn’t Utter for fear That once spoken They can’t be Retracted Unfelt or undone So to avoid all harm We write. 4. We write To begin To move towards resolution To explain an ending That would dissolve in tears If spoken To say hello To bid farewell And start again Describing a new path We write.
Anne Mikusinski has always been in love with words. She’s been writing poems and short stories since she was seven. Her influences range from Robert Frost and Dylan Thomas to David Byrne and Nick Cave. She hopes that one day, some of her writing will impress others the way these writers have had an impact on her.
Poetic revelation about uses of writing. Nicely done.