And We Write

Published on by Tosha Michelle

Poetry is all about perception.
It’s what we perceive, not what
we see.

It’s all in the rhythm.
The arrangement of the poetic
notes.

It’s about loosening those
syllables until they roll off our pens
in a dance of self.

We release our whimper and watch
it turn into a roar on paper

We write for preservation.
We write to empty the emptiness.
We write like we eat, to live

We spend our nights out on a limb                                                      so we can fall into the melody of our craft

Our souls writing on.                                                                            Finding salvation in verse

-Tosha Michelle

60 thoughts on “And We Write”

  25. Hey there 🙋🏻‍♀️
    “We write to empty the emptiness.” Many of the comments have focused on this wonderfully tender and recursive line. One of the best of the brilliant Tosha aphorisms. Best keep our pencils sharp. I have been loving this one Tosh. 💜

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