From PROBLEMS AND MIRACLES by Ryan Davis:
T H E T
H I N G A B O U T
W R I T I N G
we may despise
ourselves
like an enemy or pigeon,
but in accepting that aversion,
and placing it outside,
we are giving a pen
the power to potentially prevent
lunacy.
we suck an interest for living
out of the very ability to express
how little interest we sometimes have.
that may be reason in itself
to put an ounce or two of hope
in the future of man.