MAVİSEL YENER ON WRITING

If I didn’t write:

I couldn’t have fun, play games and be happy,

I couldn’t meet with the characters in my novels and stories,

I couldn’t speak with trees and flowers, jump around with crickets,

I couldn’t wake up fish, buzz with bees, and count the colors on the butterflies’ wings,

I couldn’t chat with rabbits, have coffee with dinosaurs, be friends with crows,

I couldn’t learn things that I’m curious about,

I couldn’t explore,

I couldn’t understand the depths of life,

I couldn’t come together with the children of the world,

I couldn’t be silly and escape the dullness of life,

I couldn’t play hide and seek with my muses,

I couldn’t see in the dark,

I couldn’t have thousands of voices,

I couldn’t be a part of the solution,

I couldn’t learn that reading is even more fun than writing,

I couldn’t have the freedom that separates me from others,

I couldn’t present children’s problems to the world in a whimsical tone,

I couldn’t invite my readers to a wonderful, magical world,

I couldn’t transform, grow and live fulfilling life thanks to my readers,

And I would wonder what I could have written for children of the world every day.