Word Art

I've been told I'm not an artist,

because I don't have that gifted talent to draw like everyone else.

I've been told I have no real talent,

because using your words isn't really art;

It's just "words on paper."

I've been told my talent's useless,

because nobody would notice or take my work seriously.

And I've been told that writing is not art, but only literature,

because they claim anyone and everyone can write and create stories.

Although it's agreeable that anyone can write,

like art it's difficult.

A talent like this does take practice.

Oh!

You disagree?

You still think I'm not an artist?

Fine!

But listen...

Like how an artist can draw and paint a picture,

a writer does the same,

but with words.

Like how an artist can use their imagination to create a whole new world on paper,

a writer does the same,

but with words.

Like how an artist always has to use their creativity to make a picture more colorful and blissful,

a write does the same,

but through words.

And like how an artist works really hard to employ a message or feeling into their work,

a writer does the same,

but with words.

We are creative through our ideas.

We paint the pictures through our descriptions.

We spend all day and night perfecting our work.

And we employ every emotion and message into our work through our words.

We work as hard as an artist.

We are constantly practicing like an artist.

We are as creative as an artist.

And we are as expressive as an artist.

So you dare tell me I'm not at artist?

And you dare say that my talent is just words on paper?

Re-read this poem again,

and I dare you to tell me that my work isn't art!

(Image not mine)

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My writing is more than just words on paper, it's beautiful picture but through

powerful,

descriptive,

expressive words.

So if those three words are what describes an artist, aren't I included under the category?