Why I Write

Please do not envy
My passion for writing.

Please do not wish
That your fingertips could graze the inner workings and mysteries of my thoughts.

For my thoughts and my poetry do not come from practice.
They do not come from pure talent.

These words that strike my mind
From my head
To my hand
To the empty lines in my journal

They do not come from pure talent.

These thoughts are the diamonds deep within compressed coal
These thoughts come from the depths of a tortured soul.

-Haylee R. Curry