Words

They say to write what you know. But I can't do that. If I do that, I will hurt people. Some I don't mind hurting. Others, I would never want to hurt. The words that I have could kill.

Words are funny like that. They can do whatever you want. They can destroy things and people or they can build them up. Words can truly kill.

I've gotten letters like that. I didn't drop down dead, but those letters killed my spirit. They killed my friendship. They took a lot of things from me that I would have liked to keep. I must admit that I gave those words a lot of power, but they had power on their own. That's the sign of a great writer - one who can give power to words.

I took those letters and I burned them. I have never wished that I had kept them. Reading them over and over and I never would have gotten free. If you've ever gotten a letter like that you'll know what I mean.

I don't want to be responsible for doing anything like that to the people that I love. Unfortunately, I know that many of the things I would write would cause too much hurt and pain. That's the excuse that I am using.

Writing personal stories is painful, not only for the people around me, but for me too. Somethings I don't want relive, and somethings I don't want out. But all of those things, they are all the best things I have to say.