Words

I appreciate the beauty of words. I admire their ability to give life to the most abstract ideas and also paint a beautiful picture out of the mundane. I often feel trapped in my own head. Clouded with emotions that I can never verbalize. Thoughts I cannot share. Sometimes it is because I prefer to keep them to myself, they are safe there. More often than not though, it is because I cannot construct the words to accurately express myself. This is why I love music and books and quotes and stories. They give me an escape route from my imprisoned brain. It could be through providing an oasis, a new story, a new life to retreat to for a while so I do not dwell on what is happening in my own. Other times the words of others help illuminate and articulate what I cannot. They provide me with ways to express feelings that would otherwise remain trapped in my head.

So forgive me if I express my gratitude to you through a movie quote, if I tell you how much I care about you through a song lyric or I relate my sadness to a book quote. I do this not because I want to take credit for someone else's work but rather because, this is the only way I know how to tell you anything.