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Etch it in ink…

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I write because I do not know how not to. As far back as I can recall, I owned diaries and in them I would scribble my deepest thoughts. It was primarily a way of finding release, venting and setting free those expressions that ran around in my head. It slowly became a way to have my voice heard. It gave my thoughts a medium and ever since I started blogging and writing on other social media platforms I never stopped. Writing is my super power. It energizes, rejuvenates, helps me to refine my thoughts, gives me a sense of visibility and permanence.

The feeling and pleasure that I derive from writing is indescribable. To say the least, it is cathartic. I have been through extreme crisis situations that voicing my thoughts through writing has been a healing process. It helps bring more clarity to my thoughts, ideas and perceptions and I hope that it also gives the reader a better understanding of the messages that I share. One day, I hope to own an old traditional typewriter and will type beautiful letters and send to the people I love.

For me, writing is life and asides for all the other obvious reasons why writing is important, I believe that writing has been my sense of relief, a healing tool, a friend, a passion and purpose.

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JUst the body to the VOice…

Image: By Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Image: By Cheri Lucas Rowlands

Why do I write you ask?

Well you see, it is because of the VOice.

The nagging voice in my head that just won’t keep quiet.

It conjures up tales, poems, thoughts and sometimes, annoying opinions.

It simply drags me ”The BOdy” along.

The VOice keeps screaming and shrieking; Let me out! Let me out! Let me out or else!….

What’s a BOdy to do?

I have to let VOice out or else!…..

Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

In response to Writing 101: I write because.