It's been a long time coming that I've been dreaming of "someday" publishing my poetry, and somehow the idea of waiting until "someday" was more comforting than just doing it! I never felt like my writing was 'ready' or 'good enough' to be shared widely. I criticized everything I wrote until writing was no longer fun, because I was putting so much pressure on myself for everything I wrote to be amazing.
But something hit me today, and that is that you're never truly ready, and that there is no such thing as 'good enough.' By creating art, you're making something from nothing and you're putting something out into this world, that wouldn't have existed without you. It's special and personal and raw, and it's a window into your soul. It's really scary for me, putting my writing out there to be read, and judged. To be analyzed by outsiders and up for interpretation and questioned. But I did it. Because life is short, and art is beautiful.
So for those who believed in my writing,
And to those who did not...
This one's for you.
Enlightenment
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