Write Your Heart

I've always been more of an eloquent "writer" than an articulate "speaker".

What I can't say, I write.
What I feel and can barely express, I write.
What I think should honestly be spoken, I timidly write instead.

However, the preference to write than mustering courage to speak has its ups and downs. And more likely than not, the "downs" could prove to be an outright disappointment. There's this instant impersonal impression on reading a letter from somebody compared to having that somebody actually conversing with you. The latter being a more bilateral and sincere engagement.

On the other hand, a written message is lasting... a visible, tangible testament of expression. A piece of paper with some scribbles in it looks lackluster but it's a writer's job to change this perception by exuding his intended feelings through what is to be read out of it. Capture this and a letter could be a timeless piece no spoken message could match!

But let's face it, there's skill involved right there. Everyone can speak but not all of them can write. How much more to write effectively as to convey sensibly what they feel?

Hear my case. I've been writing quite a LOT for someone my age... novels, short stories, articles, backstories, poems, fan fictions, or actually anything I feel like pondering when inspiration strikes. But believe me when I say I suck big time when writing what I feel. No matter how others would compliment me on my works of "based-on-experience" nature, I still have this dissatisfaction in me that I wasn't able to convey enough what my true feelings intended to.

Not, until today.

In my times, I've had my fair share of writing to those I held dear. But frankly, most of my letters have been a considerable case of "writing to impress" or "writing to persuade"... those that I put more thought into than writing what my feelings dictated.

This morning, before I started another grueling day at work, I put my inhibited thoughts aside and just for another rare instance like now, grabbed my pen to write something that my feelings wanted me to... to actually listen to what my heart wished to express (if bluntly at that).

For someone special.

To like what was written than to what was spoken.

Bahala na si Batman.

*****

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!


It's weird how it feels to be cheesy on a V-day when just last year at this exact date I was cursing this overrated fuss. Check mo pa yung last Feb 14 post ko. Haha!

Write Your Heart

I've always been more of an eloquent "writer" than an articulate "speaker".

What I can't say, I write.
What I feel and can barely express, I write.
What I think should honestly be spoken, I timidly write instead.

However, the preference to write than mustering courage to speak has its ups and downs. And more likely than not, the "downs" could prove to be an outright disappointment. There's this instant impersonal impression on reading a letter from somebody compared to having that somebody actually conversing with you. The latter being a more bilateral and sincere engagement.

On the other hand, a written message is lasting... a visible, tangible testament of expression. A piece of paper with some scribbles in it looks lackluster but it's a writer's job to change this perception by exuding his intended feelings through what is to be read out of it. Capture this and a letter could be a timeless piece no spoken message could match!

But let's face it, there's skill involved right there. Everyone can speak but not all of them can write. How much more to write effectively as to convey sensibly what they feel?

Hear my case. I've been writing quite a LOT for someone my age... novels, short stories, articles, backstories, poems, fan fictions, or actually anything I feel like pondering when inspiration strikes. But believe me when I say I suck big time when writing what I feel. No matter how others would compliment me on my works of "based-on-experience" nature, I still have this dissatisfaction in me that I wasn't able to convey enough what my true feelings intended to.

Not, until today.

In my times, I've had my fair share of writing to those I held dear. But frankly, most of my letters have been a considerable case of "writing to impress" or "writing to persuade"... those that I put more thought into than writing what my feelings dictated.

This morning, before I started another grueling day at work, I put my inhibited thoughts aside and just for another rare instance like now, grabbed my pen to write something that my feelings wanted me to... to actually listen to what my heart wished to express (if bluntly at that).

For someone special.

To like what was written than to what was spoken.

Bahala na si Batman.

*****

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!


It's weird how it feels to be cheesy on a V-day when just last year at this exact date I was cursing this overrated fuss. Check mo pa yung last Feb 14 post ko. Haha!