Censorship

There is this shitty thing that happens

When a writer is reluctant to write

What they feel; they are afraid

Of what everyone else will think.

As writers, it's quite idiotic to give a fuck

About our reputations because they claim:

We are a dying breed.

We cannot be categorized

Or placed into labels.

Do not let the world enter your bloodstream:

It will interfere with your writing.

It will no longer be yours if you keep

Second guessing yourself.

We must learn to write for our future selves

In consideration of our present lives,

Trying in vain, to forget our troubling pasts.