The fear of it all...

I find it truly terrifying sharing my poetry. It's heart breaking and nerve wracking. When I write it I put my heart into it. It's as if my soul has been poured out on to the page and is visible for anyone to see.

I think one of the reasons I find it so scary to share is that in the past people I trusted and looked up to made fun of my poetry or belittled it. This leads me to be afraid of what people will think or what people will say.

So why do I continue to share it...

because it is my hope that someone out there needs to hear it. They need to know that there is someone who has gone through what they are going through. They need to know that there is still joy and sunshine left in the world. They need to know that someone who has gone through what they have gone through has made it through. There is something intensely amazing about the human experience. We feel like we are going through it all alone - but we aren't. We are in this together, even if we may be on separate paths. So I open my heart even through the fear of it all....