STORIES I WILL NEVER WRITE: a poem

I will never write about driving 
a car or giving birth.  I will never
write about how it feels to swim 
in the deep blue sea.  I will never 
write about riding horses or bicycles 
even though I tried both once or 
twice.  I will never write about 
hoarding because I am a purger, 
a discarder.  I clean up, toss out, 
put away.  I will never write about 
being a sister or an aunt.  Being an only 
child has always been my burden. I will 
never write about not writing because
I do, I write, I am a writer who writes because
it helps me heal.  Because I have stories
to tell.  Because I need to exorcise
my demons.  Because, when I read my writing
I look at the audience and see their eyes.