We Write Because

Once you earn

through online writing,

gathering cents

in an expensive world,

you understand

the value of money,

like water drops,

for desert-dwellers.

People veer to videos,

easy to understand,

words fatigue the brain,

who would go down the maze

of unknow writer's thoughts.

As if that was not enough,

AI came,

reads and earnings

fell further below.

It feels like burnout

without rewards,

much patience

is needed to continue.

But we keep writing,

for we have got to tell our stories.

If nothing else, it helps us

to release our worries.