When To Write...

Don't write to achieve anything
you won't
Don't write to acquire anything
you won't
Don't write to prove anything
you won't

 Write when you don't care
if it makes sense or not
 Write when it doesn't matter
how it comes out
 Write when there's nothing else
that you can bring yourself to do
 Write when nothing
makes any sense
 Write when everything
makes perfect sense

Write as a last resort
Write at the first impulse
Write when you can't scream,
or shout,
or speak,
or whisper
Write when you've already tried
everything else
Write when you've failed
miserably
Write when you've triumphed
admirably

Write without anyone in mind
Write without any ambition
Write without hope
Write with hatred
Write with love
Write with nothing

Write if you can't spell
Write if you don't know how
Write if you don't know why
Write if it's in your own blood
Write if it's your last words
 and no one else will read them


Writhe if you've truly lived
Write if it makes you feel alive
Write if you've never lived
Write if you're already dead
Write if it could kill you

Write if you're tired of listening
Write if you'd rather go blind
Write if you can't love
Write if you're hated
Write if you're unknown
Write if you're glad to be alone
Write if it will force you into seclusion
Write if you're lost in pure delusion
Write if you've finally seen past life's illusion

Or don't write at all

Either way
DON'T TRY

If you're trying to write
you'll fail
If you're trying not to write
you'll fail
If you aren't trying at all
you'll still fail
but it won't matter
You'll succeed in failing
It will be worth the loss

Writing is all about failure
When the words defeat you
its time to surrender
not one moment sooner
not one instant after

Writing is total defeat
and that's all it can be
It loses to everything else
and everything is lost to it
It triumphs over itself
this way