I write to relieve the pressure <br />The pressure I put on myself <br /> <br />Because of all the issues <br />Writing them down usually helps <br /> <br />I used to medicate them with booze, work, and sleep <br />That was my way out, but I'd gotten too deep <br /> <br />That way I didn't sink but swim <br />A way to control the fear and doubt <br />And that's what I write about <br /> <br />Sometimes God sends the words to me <br />At times they come too hard and fast <br />I can't write down all I see <br />Because they never stay long or last <br /> <br />They come to me real fast and fast again they go <br />Sometimes gone before I write <br />Where they go I do not know <br /> <br />Getting them back is a hopeless fight <br />But those I can and do retain <br />God helps me put them down <br />As they are plucked from my tortured brain <br /> <br />Then one poem becomes many <br />The ones that see the light <br />Are the ones that enlighten me <br />And that is why I write <br /> <br />Jim 1967<br /><br />James Casey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-i-write-15/
