it becomes a necessity after a while.
tell yourself that you must write every day
the way you brush your teeth everyday
even if all you have is shit.
cringe when your writing is shit
but don't stop writing.
learn how to open locks
with the keys under your fingers.
every door leads to somewhere new
and after all this time
you still have an endless amount
of unexplored rooms
caverns
closets.
I don't think that my writing has improved
much over time.
but it gets easier and easier to write.
easier to admit when
my writing is shit.
I would stop but
am addicted to the opium
that seeps out from under
some of the doors.
one door led to the sky
and after falling through
forever, I knew I'd have to write
everyday
until i could get into a
room like that again.
so far I haven't found it.
but I have found doors that lead to
nowhere
and closets filled with
priceless old trinkets and treasure chests.
I've walked into shitty apartments
with naked women packing coke
and onto beaches where there was no one
but me
white sand,
blue ocean.
These keys unlock time and space
and there is plenty unknowable
but nothing
unsearchable.
Write everyday. And take me to places
worth going.
There is no reason not to.
and I am waiting.