Been Away For A While

It's been a while since I've taken the time to write but there's been so much going on in my life these months that I haven't taken the time to be me. Sad to say but true. I am so glad to finally be getting back to myself. I have to admit it's been a rough road but I'm glad to be back. I had surgery in April and a few other things have had me down since then but I've decided the only way to get back to me is to get my head back to where it should be and one way to do that is to write and write and write some more.

Recently I had someone tell me my writing is adverage, he read a poem of mine, and I told him that was great and I appreciated his imput. I guess he thought he hurt my feelings and he kept trying to appologize but I kept telling him adverage was what I was going for. I enjoyed the fact that he read my poetry and understood it without needing someone to sit there and go over it with him and try to figure out what it was I was trying to say. I enjoyed the fact that any one could read my poems and know I was talking about the thrill of watching a baseball game or the beauty of the morning sun. He didn't understand that. He didn't understand me writing in rhyme either. He said todays poetry was more complex and told more of a story than what I was writing. I have to agree with him there because today when someone has some thing to say they tend to take a word off here or there and chop it up a bit and stick it into poetry form instead of an essay and call it a poem. I'm not saying it's wrong it's their form of writing and that's their way of expressing themselves. Like simplicity is my form and it's right for me so as a writer it isn't important for me to impress every one who reads my work but is important for me to feel good about what I write.

I always believed when you take the time to put you feelings down on paper they should come from inside your soul not from deep in your brain. The words should flow from your soul and through to your pen or your key board, which ever you are using, and in the end they should tell a story or sing a song but they should also paint a picture. That picture should be able to show every one who reads what you have writen exactly what you are talking about. If someone is taking the time to read your work and they have to sit there and strain to understand it and nothing but confusion comes to mind then where is the picture? How are you, the writer, getting your point across? No, as a writer it isn't our responsiblity to confuse the reader it is our responsibility to entertain the reader. Hold their interest, keep them wanting more, however you have to do that so open your heart, bear your soul, and paint that picuture that makes them want to read the next line or turn that page. The choice is yours, wild, strange, intense, or simple, it's up the writer to create from with in so take the time to let it flow and enjoy yourself as you do.