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I write because i need to

A beast resides within

And to let it smolder would be my downfall

It would tear my body beginning

with my heart then my soul and finally my already half crazed mind

All i wish is to empty myself of words

Hoping that it, my maddness would slip out amongst it all

And so i pour and pour hoping in silent prayer

to imprison to these cold blank pages

The lines it's bars and chains

Sometimes i half think iv'e answered every question i have only to return to same

And as i stare at my sloping warm led jots

It scares my half empty mind

This beast iv'e caught as a disease is wild and foriegn

And until i catch him to word and page

I'll keep writing

I write to free myself

To sift, to find, to escape, to hope and yes to rant and rave

I write because i need to

I write because i must