Writing for me staves off despair,
spits back at death,
reconnects me with life's joys like nothing else.
As time goes on, I care less about what people think about my writing.
I have do it like breathing, like dreaming.
When I go too long without writing, I feel like something inside of me is dying...
It is my dream to obtain the writer's life, but it is never easy....
You have to listen to your own soul and follow your instincts while even those close to you (and others that pretend to be) fail to understand...
GP
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DREAM SECURITY
You must put a lid
on your hopes
and dreams.
Hide them away from
even those you trust
as they will try to
pry open your soul
and peer inside
with jaundiced,
bitter eyes
twisted up by
society's lies
and false expectations.
They will take out
their frustrations
and disappointments on you.
Thinly disguised rage over
having to conform
so completely
burying their secret imaginations
and hidden passions.
They won't be satisfied
until doubt creeps in
transforming your heart
also into a black pit of rage
and despair.
The only antidote to such a fate
is
wild laughter
and a strong dose of joy.
They may even think you're
a little crazy.
But what's crazier?
Chasing your dreams
or chasing an early death?
George Pappas
Copyright 2009
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