Pickup a pen and write
Or a pencil or a crayon
Or a computer or a phone
Just do it
Don’t worry about
What the rules say
Don’t worry about your spelling
Don’t worry about anything
Just let the words flow
Or pull them out from under
The place they are anchored
In your soul
Words set us apart
From every other creature created
Words are powerful
Words are beautiful
Even when they are ugly
Words need to be released
To express themselves
To paint pictures in our imagination
To save lives
To end relationships
To celebrate friendships
To meet strangers
To be seen and heard and used
Words are the most important tool
We have in advancing humanity
Silent words
Will eventually leave you
Don’t betray what you thought
But were unable to say
When you stuff words down
They will make you ill
They will trouble your mind
Unused words will leave you
With an ache no pill can find
Words were made to be used
Use yours
Display them on a blank page
You will be amazed to see
What you have to say
If you let yourself
Express yourself
Emotions
Thoughts
Ideas
For your eyes only
Or for the world
It doesn’t matter
Just write
Write
Write
Let your words create
Good, bad
Colorful, plain
Important, silly
Sane, insane
What do you have to say
Are you filled with hate
Or hope
What wants to come forth
Through you
Bright light
Or the darkest darkness
Emotions, feelings, thoughts
Ranging across the spectrum
Of being human
The greatest of these
Love
It doesn’t matter what
You have to say
Or maybe
It does
E.A. Fussell
06.18.2020
