YOU ARE READING 33-Word Pearls of Wisdom Poetry #abuse #awkward #boy #climbing #cucumber #dreams #drinking #drunk #firstkiss #gamble #gambling #girl #guns #haiti #journey #kiss #love #math #mom #mountains #mounteverest #odds #pee #poetry #russianroulette #sandwiches #satisfaction #sea #stars #teenage #trifecta #waving #wishes #wordsmith #write #writing #zombie #zombies Why I Write 25 1 0 by Macinntc by Macinntc Follow Share Post to Your Profile Share via Email Report Story Send Send to Friend Share Post to Your Profile Share via Email Report Story The prompt from Trifecta that inspired this poem was simple: why do writers write? Like a canary in a coal mine, a fog horn's gloomy cry, a message in a bottle adrift on a endless sea, I write to save my soul. I write to be heard.