Why I Write? (Carmen's Poem)

Sometimes I need to be inspired,
sometimes I need to be moved,
sometimes I am doubted,
and my talent must be proved.
Sometimes I write about love,
sometimes about of the journey of the dead,
sometimes I am just providing a soapbox,
for one of the voices in my head.
Sometimes the words come so easy,
sometimes the creativity runs dry,
sometimes I write to make people laugh,

sometimes to make them cry,

sometimes I hate what I'm writing,

and wonder why I even try.

But thats when I realize,

Every time I write, Its for me,

And honestly that is why.

By LA Kellam

Why I Still Cry

I don't know why I write this
or why evenI bother,
But I hope some how this note
will one day reach my father.
I am not mad at you,
I want you to understand,
the past is the past,
it helped make me who I am.
I still can't over look, the fact that
is rarely ever spoken
When I see father - son moments,
I get heart broken,
as tears water up and tears stream
from each eye.
It is clear to those near, your the reason
that I still cry.

LA Kellam