Just Because

Day 9 of #OctPoWriMo brought a prompt that really made me think. For today I was challenged to write about why I write. Why do I continue creating poetry (or short stories, or any sort of writing). Why? Read the poem. It answers the question. Please enjoy.

Rod E. Kok
October 9, 2014

I never thought

to write again,

after self-doubt

and a loathing

for my words

infected me.

Knife wounds left

me scarred,

negativity to my craft

left me adrift

on a sea of questions.

But I healed.

The bleeding was stopped

by a true passion

for that creative sequence

of thoughts which leads to

poetry.

I healed.

I became strong.

I no longer feel

a need

to justify my work.

I write because.

Just because.