The Thing About Writers

The thing about writers is:
they share.
They are a sharing people.
They have to be.
Without this ability,
they could not publish their work,
or express their thoughts to an audience:
real or imagined.
Without sharing,
they could not read at an open mike night,
or at a writer’s group,
or even to their pet, if they would listen.

They may not see themselves this way.
Many write about being introverted,
then read that bit of writing to large groups,
in coffee houses,
at a library,
or in book stores.
They write about the struggles
of living life alone,
or of the solitary process
that being a writer is…

But without the ability to share the words,
they are truly alone in the world.
And the thing about writers is…
there are too many of us
for any of us
to be truly alone
in the world…

by Tricia Bock
5/6/09

(Tricia Bock lives in the village of Nashville, Indiana.  She has self published two books: Making a Life I Can Live and "47".  Both are available at the local book store in Nashville.)