Lonely Words
Am I meant to be a writer
Are the words I carefully place in a curated order
appealing to any person other than myself
or the handful of people who already claim to love me
and my words before they are spoken
When I take time out of my day
to write
is it time wasted
because if in the back of my mind
I’m doing it for a later reward
for affirmation
and I never get that
shouldn’t I just stop
Shouldn’t I accept that the words I write for others will always remain for me