What would such a pretty girl

answer if I should ask,

Why do you write so avidly,

your thoughts to widely cast?

I think that she would answer then

in truth of heart and mind

As I have written' here below,

I think are her true lines.

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Here within these paper walls

 I make a world my own

And paint the scenery as I choose

  to match my words alone.

Some day these lines that I now write,

all the world shall read

And then those who know my thoughts

shall fill my writer's need.

People ask, why do I write

with such a fervent passion

And others ask, "How do you think

in such a precious fashion?"

I simply say, It is a gift

that God has given me

And I must follow on this road

that he has let me see.

And if by chance some soul might read

my words in distant years

To feel the power of my heart

or move to loving tears

Then I shall know I used my gift

as God would wish of me

And I would glow with happiness

throughout eternity.