"When I Write" by Kelly Shepherd

When I write, I am a bird

I am free, I let go

I let myself fly

The wind whipping in my ears

My hair flapping around like wings

My thoughts scramble across the

Vast expanse that is my mind

When I write, I am a character in a book

I’m your average girl fighting dragons

I’m an astronaut discovering a new planet

I have no limitations

I can be who I want to be

When I write, I am alone

I’m surrounded by no living human

I’m immersed in a world no one knows

It is mine

And mine alone

When I write, I am a social warrior

I feel the pain

I see the injustices

I fight for what is right

With only a paper and a pen

When I write, I am a tape recorder

Recalling memories,

Playing them back,

Sharing my wealth

When I write, I am a sprinter.

As my hand races across the page,

The timer is ticking,

But my breathing is calm

And my heart is pounding joyously

When I write,

I am a bird

I am a character

I am alone

I am a social warrior

I am a tape recorder

I am a sprinter

No matter where I am,

Exploring an island,

Driving along the coast,

Or sitting in my room,

Eating chips on my bed,

I am always on an adventure as I write

When I write,

I fly above the clouds

Omniscient,

watching,

When I write,

I’m living within someone else,

Telling their stories

Or I am myself,

Finally being myself.

When I write, I am myself,

I let every emotion

Seep out of my pen and onto the page,

I am honest,

Really, truly honest.

I admit my every emotion.

I laugh,

I cry

When I feel like I am stuck, motionless,

I write.

When I feel like I just need to cry,

I write.

When literally everything in the world annoys me,

I write

Whenever I am feeling too much,

Whenever I am feeling too little,

Whenever,

I write.

Writing is my therapy.

Always turning,

My mind keeps running,

Never shutting down.

Writing is my therapy.

It calms me

It catches me when I am falling.

Writing is my therapy

Because...

When I write,

I am a bird

I am a character

I am alone

I am a social warrior

I am a tape recorder

I am a sprinter,

But most importantly,

When I write I am myself.