I've lived a thousand lives and been on countless adventures. I have shopped in an alley filled with magical wares and wandered the halls of a school founded for wizards. I have witnessed my friends cut down by evil.
I have sipped tea with a mad hatter and defeated a red queen. I have fought to regain a throne that by all rights belongs to my bloodline. I have wept at the feet of kings and granted mercy to those who wept at mine.
I have been best friends with a werewolf and dated the undead. I have solved hundreds of mysteries, and brought justice to the deserving and punishment to the wicked.
I have witnessed vampires become citizens and executed those who turned rogue. I have crossed many miles and multiple worlds in search of a dark tower, all knew my name and shuddered at my passing. I have forged friendships of the deepest kind and then sacrificed them along the way.
I have stood on the shores of alien worlds and felt no longing for home.
I've been a hero and a villain...often at the same time. I have loved deeply and felt love in return, I have been lost and found. I have killed for all the right reasons and a few wrong ones. I have died and been reborn.
And I never left my couch.
This is why I write.
Plus you can drink coffee and/or whiskey while you do it.
ReplyDeleteHoly smokes!
ReplyDeleteSmokin', girl. Smokin'.
I love this post! It's so very true, and wonderfully articulated. Don't you love armchair adventures? They're why I write (and read) as well :)
ReplyDeleteWhat is going on in the blogosphere today? It's like everyone drank a cup of awesome or something. People are writing all kinds of deep stuff. Well done, and so true.
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL.
ReplyDeleteLovely. :)
ReplyDeleteMe, I write for the money.
I KID I KID.
So beautiful, Marsha! And a great picture to go with it.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool, Marsha. You could also say 'That is why I read.'
ReplyDeleteDid you ever eat a pine tree? Certain parts are edible.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I watch commercials.
(awesome post)