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To write is not to die To write is to give life Writing is transforming, deforming, rewriting my existence Isn’t autobiography always a kind of auto fiction? If I’m afraid of my reflection in other people’s eyes, the I becomes you I close my eyes to find the courage to look, in the dark, at my life as it is or seems to be Writing is to appear, to show up or disappear, in order to reveal myself better I like to speak my words aloud, the desire to be heard stronger than the desire to be read I admire the courage of writers who strip themselves bare. Even alone in front of the page, I undress with great restraint I speak my fears, I understand my terrors, but putting them into words fills me with anxiety Writing is traveling the world, and above all, traveling myself I write what I cannot say to those close to me, to spare them and out of shame as well I write so I won’t forget Like a midwife, I accompany the birth of words through pain for an ultimate joy: Release Writing is narcissism disguised as altruism The hope that exposing my shadows might bring others some light, might lift them out of their loneliness. But it is mostly I who need to be read, listened to, and ultimately understood Writing is bearing witness to my difference that looks so much like others I write to give meaning to my inner chaos, To tame the turmoil of my thoughts I write to exist, To resist, To reflect To write with the blood of my wounds To mask them, Reveal them, And let them heal. Writing is memory taking power over what I have lived
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May 6
May 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
Blood, ink and memory
To write is not to die To write is to give life Writing is transforming, deforming, rewriting my existence Isn’t autobiography always a kind of auto fiction? If I’m afraid of my reflection in other people’s eyes, the I becomes you I close my eyes to find the courage to look, in the dark, at my life as it is or seems to be Writing is to appear, to show up or disappear, in order to reveal myself better I like to speak my words aloud, the desire to be heard stronger than the desire to be read I admire the courage of writers who strip themselves bare. Even alone in front of the page, I undress with great restraint I speak my fears, I understand my terrors, but putting them into words fills me with anxiety Writing is traveling the world, and above all, traveling myself I write what I cannot say to those close to me, to spare them and out of shame as well I write so I won’t forget Like a midwife, I accompany the birth of words through pain for an ultimate joy: Release Writing is narcissism disguised as altruism The hope that exposing my shadows might bring others some light, might lift them out of their loneliness. But it is mostly I who need to be read, listened to, and ultimately understood Writing is bearing witness to my difference that looks so much like others I write to give meaning to my inner chaos, To tame the turmoil of my thoughts I write to exist, To resist, To reflect To write with the blood of my wounds To mask them, Reveal them, And let them heal. Writing is memory taking power over what I have lived
Callixiope
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41/F/Laurel
May 6
May 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
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