I want to write about you and the feelings I have for you before I change and I no longer recognise your face.

I wanna write how it feels to be in love with someone you never met.

I wanna write about the times when the whole world slept and we escaped reality and took shelter within each other.

I wanna write about the times when I didn’t see you but felt your soul next to mine.

I wanna write about the times when I was the most vulnerable and at my weakest and you gave me your hand and held me tight.

I wanna write about the numerous times when we made love in an otherwise virtual world, where only love and peace exists.

You said you’re a sinner and your soul is dark.

But all I could see was Grey, ‘a combination of black and white.’

You said you are cold,

But you were the only one who warmth me when I was sinking.

You kissed me when I was losing my breathe and pulled me back to life.

You say you’re dead from inside, yet I’m most alive when I’m with you, even in an otherwise virtual world.

That’s what you do to me.

That’s what our virtual love does to me.

That’s what I wanna feel right now.

That’s what I wanna live right now.

And thats what I wanna write right now

and seal these feelings in an otherwise virtual world right now.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

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