A friend of mine told me they don't like to write poetry because it's too dark and people tend to panic when they read it. When they send poetry to their friends, the responses are usually "are you okay? let's hang out I miss you" As though to make up for lost time and apply social interaction to staunch the bleeding that has formed such turbulent verses.
But perhaps if those things were said more regularly without provocation, their poetry wouldn't be so dark.