don't write

I have had this poem printed out for some time, the contents of it waft through my brain from time to time when I haven't been writing. Today I pulled it out from among the piles of other things that periodically also waft through my brain, so that I can tack it up in my writing space as my guide through November.

Don't Write, by Jenn Lee from her sold-out Don't Write: A Reluctant Journal:

Don't write.

It's too powerful.

It might tell someone how you feel.

How you hurt.

What you don't understand.

Don't write.

It's too powerful.

It will show who you are on the inside to the outside.

It'll blow your cover, your nice reputation.

Don't write.

It's too powerful.

You might hurt someone's feelings.

People may not like your words.

They may attack you, or abandon you.

Don't write.

It's too powerful.

It might give others hope.

Let them know they're not alone.

It might change minds.

Change directions.

Change the world.

So, whatever you do,

don't write.

Thank you Jenn Lee....
xoxo!