By Scott Jackson
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I’m writing
because I have no legacy, yet I want one.
I’m writing
because for many years I was a ghost in the system.
I’m writing
because of the loss that drives me. The loss of the child I once was, and the
loss of those who raised me.
I’m writing to
be the version of me that ten or twenty years ago would never have believed was
possible. Maybe even five years or even just last year.
I’m writing to
better myself. I don’t want to be known by just a number, or a cashier, or a
grunt in a pointless job. I want to be better.
I’m writing to
bring life to the creations that are crawling in my mind.
I’m writing to
escape, to escape all the bull going on due to the injustice in our government.
I’m writing to
fight the writer’s block that is around every corner I turn.
I’m writing to
find something inside of me.
I’m writing to
help, to help myself to go through feelings I kept bottled up inside. To show
others who also keep feelings inside that they don’t have to be kept secret.
I’m writing to
hope for a better world. One not filled with hate, where we don’t have to worry
about debt everywhere, where we can all just take a breath and look at this
whole world we are standing on around us.
I’m writing to
learn, to learn from my own mistakes, to help others who face and go through
those same mistakes.
I’m writing to
make sense of my mind going a million ways at a time.
I’m writing to
reach out until we reach the circle’s end.
I’m writing to
remember, because I know that when the time comes all my memories and thoughts
will be like “dust in the wind.”
I’m writing to
share my history, my pain, my emotions, my life, my opinion.
I’m writing to
show you what is possible even when impossible.
About the Author
Scott Jackson is a native of Central Illinois where he lives with his girlfriend and four cats. He loves video games, musicals, comic books, 80s and 90s nostalgia, Doctor Who, and overall, a good story to enjoy. After finally reaching his limits with retail work, he decided to re-invent himself by going back to school to pursue his dream of becoming a writer and teacher. In his spare time, he picks up extra roles in local films, helps out with a local community theatre, and continues to work on his first novels. Currently, he is the Vice President of Scholarship for ICC's honor society Phi Theta Kappa. He is told this would be his last year at ICC and is due to graduate in December 2025.