I'm finding it hard to write
Writing used to be a natural process for me. I write when I ache. I write when I'm beaming with happiness. I write in anger. Or i at least used to. The ink on my paper used to change colours based on my emotions.
Now the flow stopped. There is some block. I can't seem to move it. It's like I'm locked inside a cave. I try to move this gigantic rock that sealed me in. But it wouldn't budge. I sigh and look around, and quiver in the darkness. For such an enclosed space, it is very cold in here. I realise that my breaths are getting heavier and harder to take.
I can't articulate what I am feeling. I know it, but I can't write about it. Because everytime I try, a tiny ache spreads across my chest and I am scared it will grow wider and just climb onto my heart and also crush my ribcage in the process.
Writing has always been a medium of releasing the pain out of me. It is like a cold shower on a hot day, it immediately changes the inner temperature. But now, it is not working. Whatever i do, this ache is not leaving my body.
I hate feeling lifeless like this. I always feel like i light up every room i get into, but recently, I just became so gloomy. It's like I'm possessed by the ghost of melancholy. So any exorcists here who can help me out?

You just wrote this piece while complaining about not being able to write. You're already on track. So complain more, you’re gonna crush it.
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