My Words Have Been Failing Me

I know a change to my writing is coming.

When you’re a writer, words are your go-to solace. It’s in their interplay that you find relief from the labyrinth of your own thoughts. It’s the act of putting them down or paper or keyboard that brings a hint of much-needed clarity in the world that all too often seems like it’s directed by chaos.

Words are my escape and, at the same time, my tool for inner wisdom. Writing them is the practice that’s shaped who I am today. Reading them has given me a sense of connection to the minds of others that I couldn’t find elsewhere.

But today, it feels like words are failing me. They slip by, unnoticed, as I’m in the phase of writing “content” and not “art.” Lots of them remain unspoken, like seeds forever hibernated in the soil that’s too hostile to feed them. The seeds are there, eager to sprout. But the soil doesn’t allow them to do their thing.

That’s how I feel about those seedlings of ideas in my mind. They are there. I can feel them. But because my mind is busy with work that feels like work, those seedlings cannot grow. I don’t have the time or energy to give them the care they need.

I have a lot to say and I can’t find a way to say it.

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