i don't write
to please anyone
i don't write
for attention
i don't write
for compliments
i don't write
to make anyone fall in love with me

i write
because i feel
i write
because i need to
i write
because my mind is too loud
i write
because my mouth is too quiet

They ask me,
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
I look around and say,
"Anything but these who call themselves adults."

Of course your eyes are empty,
of course I can see through them
and read your soul
just to find out you don't love me
any more.


F.Z.N