I write and dream up new ways To say and cry out old things Utilizing the strings that can be tugged That attach to inner most hopes Hopes that feed dreams and needs All of the things that can hurt As they have done and I endure alone I use these words that hold meaning To tell the world how it is for me To share with others that may comprehend I write to post and pretend they reach you But if they ever do is it just words Or is the emotional message conveyed I write to pretend that someone is listening. I write to acknowledge the truth of loves cost And to exercise my restless wants and longings These are my chosen words My means at giving feeling to the way one reads them. My message to someone I know never sees or reads The way it is to see or feel Or love and want what cannot be I write because I need to, Feel, to be, to eat, breathe. I write because.