didactic&

if you don't take the words
and force them out
squeeze them and
crush them and
make them
you'll never be a writer.

if you don't love the words
and tease them out
know them and
want them and
feel them
you'll never be a writer.

if you need the words
to write you out
to see you
and mold you
and be you
guess what?

you're a writer.