Tiny pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
They are all
interwoven.
I can only remember one piece
And I don’t know how I got to it.
I’m standing on an island.
Water surrounds me.
I have so much to say,
but I can’t tell you.
I can’t pinpoint its beginning and end.
I have thoughts rising and falling,
crashing in the distance.
Much like a young child
a squeal of a bird,
a rustle in the plants,
and I’ve forgotten.
My words always come,
but much like a shadow
the shape is constantly shifting
too fast.
I can remember my past
like I’m reliving it.
I won’t remember today tomorrow,
just bits and pieces of it.
I’m a scrabble board with four players:
My mind
My family
My faith
My writing
The best part…they all are a part of me.
Puzzle pieces, my memory.
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expanding my audience is crucial for a writer to grow. I started writing poetry and fell in love with the forms, the intensity of description, and the craft. Fiction has allowed me to elaborate on the story, characters, and plot standing and hiding behind the words of a poem. Both have taught me the agony, the blood and sweat, and even aggravation behind each piece of writing.
As Walt Whitman describes it, "A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibilities of their own souls."
I started writing because of life's heartbreaks, beauties, in-be-tweens, and as a way of expressing what isn’t said. A piece of paper never judges an idea or an identity. A reader searches for themselves, because behind the words are experiences, thoughts, emotion, intention. A description can ignite a memory. Writing surpasses all boundaries between age, generation, and human nature.
The more I write the more I begin to notice how impossible it is for life and fiction to be separated, they both influence one another; life and creativity, life and imagination. Life and fiction as ideas are different for each individual. We all live, we all create.
"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."
-Sylvia Plath.
So, ask yourself, “Life or fiction?”
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." -Albert Einstein
I am passionately curious what you think.
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Life or Fiction? 
This is amazing! beautifully written and very powerful. I love the quote too. I look forward to reading more of your poetry
Thank you so much! 😁 Your honest expression cultivated from experiences and/or a loved one’s experience is so captivating. Your way of writing has a great voice and flow. The details allow the reader to focus on each of the details presented, while also allowing the reader to apply themselves to the story. I can’t wait to read more. It takes a strong person to tell the world about your world. 💛