I write to connect

I write to make sense

I write to express

I write to get distance

I write to make space

I write to put myself in another place

Or to find another place

Or to make another place.

I write because I can’t help it

The words build up inside of me and spill out of me

In class

During drives

During dates

Before sleep.

And I write them down and connect them with periods

Commas

Hyphens

            Spaces

And more words.

I write because I have words

and those words want to be heard.