Right Write Rite: A poetical exercise in the Key of Me

Why do I write? That’s a good question:

I write to get thoughts out of my head…

I write to help others understand me…

I write to help others understand themselves…

I write so that I feel less alone…

I write so that maybe others feel less alone…

I write to encourage those who need encouraging…

I write so that people can maybe see a new point of view…

I write so that stories that would otherwise never be known might be shared with the world…

I write to show that writing still matters…

I write because I love words, and writing, and the Oxford comma…

I write because it’s fun…

I write because it brings me joy to see my thoughts organized in letters and spaces…

I write because the very act of writing is an act of creation, and I was created in the image of a Creator, with the purpose of creating things…

I write because language has power…

I write because I was made to write…

I write to remind others of ancient truths…

I write so that others might hear the good news of the Gospel…

I write so that God might be glorified in my life and the lives of others…

I write so that I myself might remember who I am in Christ, and writing helps me focus my mind…

I write because it reminds me of what I know and what I don’t know…

I write that I might be humbled…

I write so that others might engage with me and approve or reprove…

I write that I might receive correction…

I write that others might be corrected…

I write so that an idea might last longer than three seconds…

I write because it fills a void in my heart and my head…

I write because it brings me sanity…

I write because the written word contains a certain unspoken beauty…

I write because I can make jokes like the last sentence…

I write because it helps me know my own heart and mind…

I write because it shows my weaknesses to myself and others…

I write because it shows my strengths to myself and others…

I write because it shows others that I am at least trying…

I write even though others may not appreciate it…

I write even though I may write repetitively…

I write even though I may be redundant…

I write even though I may be annoying…

I write even though I may disappoint others…

I write even though I may disappoint myself…

I write though what I say may hurt another…

I write even though I may be hurt by another…

I write even though it is terrifying at times…

I write even though I don’t always think I should…

I write even though I don’t think I am worth it…

I write even though I think most people should ignore me…

I write even though much of what I write feels like drivel and twattle…

I write even though it reveals that I’m not like others…

I will keep writing even if people dislike me…

I will keep writing even though people disagree with me…

I will keep writing even if what I say is “canceled”…

I will keep writing because I write for Christ…

I will keep writing for Christ because I know it glorifies God…

I will keep writing for Christ even if they hate me…

I will keep writing for Christ even if they come for me…

I will keep writing…

Soli Deo Gloria