Janice Armstrong

I write.
I write to inform, to inspire, to indulge.
It is a mental massage, a cathartic cartwheel.
I write to escape, to enlighten.
I write because I can, because I can't.
I write to understand.
I write because I read.
I write because it is a need.
I write because if I didn't, I would explode,
Implode.
I write.
I write because I have to, because it is free therapy,
Because it is a right.
Like I can vote, breathe, be.
I write.