Ever since I was a little kid in middle school. I wrote poetry. But it was on and off and only wrote when I had something to express, which was all the time. But I never shared my poems with anyone. Because I felt like they were too personal.

I also thought my writing wasn’t as good as the poets and storytellers I’ve read. And I was right at the time. It felt like breathing. I didn’t do very well in English classes and didn’t take writing into consideration as something I could do. I always thought the most intelligent people could be writers. Especially poets. And I never really believed I was that smart.

So I stayed with drawing for a very long time. I got good at it. But it didn’t really feed my soul. I had a passion for drawing. But my heart craved self-expression. And drawing fed it for a while. But over time, I realized poems and storytelling made me go deeper into my heart.

I didn’t realize this until after high school. But I kept on drawing, thinking it was the only thing that made sense to do.

But it didn’t make me happy. It just soothed the desire to express myself. And when I drew, I just drew things I thought were interesting.

Writing poetry was like a guilty pleasure. But I never shared them until only recently.

I was afraid my poems were too much and no one would care. I also thought I’d get backlash. So, I posted my fiction. But to be honest, I want to write more poetry than tell stories.

I want to thank everyone who showed me they like what I wrote. I know I’ve been thanking you guys a lot, but it’s true. All your likes are giving me the confidence to keep going and finally sharing my poems.

So, from now on, I’ll post more poems, especially prose poems. I like to write stories, but my heart is more in poems. So that is what I’ll write and post.