Thursday, July 8, 2010
This is not an apology letter.
Hi Dear Friend,
This letter is in response to realizing how greedy I have been recently. I am sure, if you read the last poem, you know how much of it I have kept for my own understanding, and probably mine alone.
I want to tell you that I am sorry for leaving you out at times in the poems I have written. I am sure you have said to yourself, "What the heck is she talking about?"
Editors and critics say, writing like this makes the reader feel inadequate and left out, and the piece takes on a more pretentious feel. It apparently becomes unenjoyable.
They may be completely right. But I just want to clear things up.
A person can't write every line for everyone to understand. It would be like trying to please all the people in her life all of the time. It is impossible, and all she ends up doing is getting tired, frustrated, rejected and feeling judged. Then she goes ahead and judges herself for not being good enough. Who would chose this route in life? Haha, we all know who we are, (or were).
Aren't we valuable, lovable, and extremely interesting exactly how we are, following our passions, focusing on what matters, uniquely to us? Isn't this what we were created to do? Shouldn't we stop the doing, the addiction to external feedback, filling the hungry vein of validation? Shouldn't we just be, and be enough?
Eat my poem, it's yours. All the words are yours. The meanings they conjure up in your mind and spirit are yours. You are not meant to take mine away with you in a doggy bag. You are meant to help yourself to the sweet and sour of what it means for you.
Anyways, friend, I want to say I am sorry if you have felt left out now and then,over the years, but I did it on purpose, and I hope you still find me of value in your reading selections.
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