what makes a writer

i was told that writers are all brave, and the ones

that aren't face their fear with an awe inspiring

courage that i don't have, so i guess

that means that i'm not a real writer because

i'm not brave, i don't have awe inspiring courage.

 

yet, i can make words bend around me in ways

that some people just can't and i can

weave a story using only a pen and paper, i use

my thoughts as a many colored thread and my pen

is the needle, the paper is my canvase.

 

i paint mind pictures and i like to think that sometimes

i make questions, that i

create a thought in someone's mind that grows

into something that they can't ignore, something that

becomes more than just a thought.

 

i make dreams come alive, i make the chaos

of the inside of my mind real and i

tell the truth as i see it, not as

people have told me to see it because i don't conform

to that kind of thinking.

 

i'm not brave, i don't have awe inspiring courage

and you tell me that means i'm not really a writer, but

i think that there might just be more to it than that

because i may be afraid, i may not be confident

but i can sit down and twist words around me like thread,

weaving them into poems and stories.