I woke up from a nightmare today–the kind of nightmare that doesn’t stop feeling real, even after you’re awake. I found a comfort in writing that I couldn’t find anywhere else. I thought I would share what I wrote down.
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I write the characters that are stronger than I am
Who fight the demons that I can’t
I write characters that face darkness, swallowed whole
But are never overcome by it
Characters that are wildfire, a blaze that can’t be put out
When my own flames have died down
Who are a light and warmth when I feel dark and cold
Who feel like home when I have none
I write characters that open my eyes, make me see the world beyond the page
In new shades – black and white and every brilliant color in between
I write to breathe, to live
When I’m not strong enough, and when I feel stronger than I’ve ever been
To dull the aches, and relish the highs
This ink is my blood
And every word makes me feel more and more alive
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VED
Coffee. Write. Repeat. 
I hate those kind of strong nightmares. Finding help in writing is great though. I must try it!
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Yeah they are definitely not fun, but writing makes it better. You should! 🙂
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I write to give meaning to things that have none, to get closure when I can’t move on, to find order when everything around me is chaos, to tell the truth about things I had to lie about, to say goodbye to the people I had to let go, to forget my mistakes when it’s too late to go back. But I’m a writer, therefore I can never really forget. So, maybe, I write to forgive.
You write beautifully, by the way. 🙂
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Yes yes and yes! Love your additions 🙂 and thank you so much!
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This is beautifully written. Sometimes we all need that extra something to get us going… even if it’s a nightmare. It’s good inspiration.
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Thank you so much 🙂 and yes, very true!
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Over the past year I had been going through some stuff, and in the climax of it all I had a really horrifying nightmare. I woke up in the middle of the night and had two thoughts. “Oh my god that was awful” and “what a great story idea!” so I wrote it down and made a short story from it. The thing still needs some edit work, but just writing it gave me a new perspective on what I had been going through that caused the nightmare in the first place.
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The interesting thing about writing is how compelled we are to turn to it for relief. Be it emotional turbulence or stagnation, the first thing I feel innately called to do is WRITE (even if I’m not writing about anything specifically).
I personally consider that a mark of a true writer — and that’s obviously what you’ve done after your nightmare. Even though it must’ve been horrible, it did succeed in impelling you to write some very pretty words. 🙂
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