…what scares you most?
I know them well, the voices
in the mind which begin to whisper,
rant, and rave about your inability and
the impossibility and all the vain
effort you throw at the page
white and raw
gleaming at you like an evil eye, daring
you, try it,
laughing at you, a blank bully
claiming you don’t have a chance. Hush.
Leak scribbles or phrases, vowels and verbs,
nonsense or pretense or suspense
from the end of your pen. Loose it
from doubt-shackles, write to
silence the critics
Now.
Wow, almost makes me just gasp. You can substitute any number of fears in which people fell mocking them-lack of career success, fat shaming, not pretty or handsome enough, never bright enough, never can be loved by..,parent, spouse, family, or anyone. There are lots of fears to grapple with for everyone so we should support everyone before another person decides it is too much to take on.
Hope your writing will flow. Always have you in my prayers.
Mrs. C
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