Write What You Feel

I hear it all the time – write what you feel. What else is there? That’s the only way I can work. I write what I feel and what pleases me. I admit I do look to others for approval. In the long run, it’s not going to be put on paper – particularly for other eyes to see – if I don’t feel it. We all want others to like what we do and give us the go ahead, but I really need to be comfortable in my own mind (and heart) with what I put out there.

I know I have stories in me. Some may never be told; and should never be told. Others, I may tell though I’m hearing whispers of “don’t do it!” in my ear.

I’ve been told to let go of some of the things I write about and write happy thoughts. I write about things in and around my life. It may or may not be about me and it may or may not be happy. Everything can’t be a fairy tale.

As written (and sung) by one far, far better than myself – Elton John to be exact, “Sad songs say so much.”