A community,
one that takes you in,
and holds you,
and tells you too keep going.

How can we let these words,
that flow from the heart,
be out in public?

When you know people are reading your poems,
who is reading your poems,
can you really let yourself write freely?

When you need to write about your pain,
but the one who is hurting you most is following you,
how can you make it public?

I don't always want to talk about my feelings,
but I want to write about them,
and I want them to be known,
just not by all.

I love the critics,
and the comments,
and the like,
it's the views that scare me.