You can say things that sound awful smart. I know you can, because you are smart.
But all of us get scared and fearful if someone looks at us too closely.
The issue is, everything we write can sounds dumb
If it's analysed, repeated, turned over and stared at long enough
You'll pour your heart into something
You''ll create meaning you find profound
Yet still, after a long enough time
You'll see your heart crumble from certainty
Honestly, it's no wonder people are scared
Scared of sharing anything they write
We often are when our hearts are on the line
Because, nine times out of ten, we have slaved
We have worked hard, struggled so
Analysed re-analysed our work
Until, eventually, at around the time you've poured more of your life into a piece than you're publicly willing to admit
That's when your work can seem to cease to mean anything at all
Nearly all art is illusion
Creativity comes from a source
As the artist, you alone know the trail
The map will seem so obvious to you
For those wanting to start and share writing
I give you this simple advice:
We all feel like frauds. Some more than others
But we all remember the first time we shared
It's always the hardest. And the scariest.
Even after practice, even after years, poetry still sounds dumb if you look too long.
But art is not for the long time, it is meant for moments.
And the best way to recapture any moment gone
Is to share it.
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https://harryisapoet.blogspot.com/2016/04/creating-poetry.html
