Word Count

Word Count

I don't write because I have to

but because I must

not for the lovers

I do not write for them

in their innocence and ignorance

altogether blameless

in their little treacheries against

their own full hearts

for who could blame them

I do not write for children

or for the shrill now

that has already been and gone

nor to the future do I type

anything I think worth keeping

they will have to work it out

between themselves

or let it go

scores addressed to stardust

I do not write for our reason

I write because the universe

itself saw fit to tell us

and has waited for forever for the words

that have long been around

but are yet to arrive

I write to keep the meaningful alive

in words we survive

I write because they are

here and because they are not

here even before numbers began

learning to count