i write to survive

Before Night Falls (2000) | source

I write to survive  
in the quiet hours when words  
slip like whispers,  
escaping the noise of days  
that demand too much,  
and give too little.  
I trace my thoughts onto pages,  
broken like bones  
set to heal with time.  
Each sentence a salve,  
each line a stitch  
holding me together  
when the world pulls ap…