It's been a while.
Years have gone by since I've put pen on paper
Allowing my soul to free itself from its fleshly constraints.
Looking back now,
I wonder why I'd imprisoned it, myself, in the first place.
I want to start anew.
A fresh and crisp page.
Newly potted ink.
A desk cleared out, given a new purpose.
But
In this act,
I fear I may do myself the injustice of inadequacy.
In this act,
I fear I may inadvertently erase my past self.
In this act,
I fear I may write up a new persona, someone who is not really me.
And oh what a shame that would be,
For everything I'd done and said as a naive adolescent
It would all be in vain.
So yes,
It's been a while since I'd sat down with myself,
Had a conversation with my thoughts and my heart and my innermost secrets I've hidden from my own mind.
And so yes,
I want to start fresh, to start anew.
But should I? Will I?
Most likely not.
Mar 18
Mar 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM UTC
It's been a while.
Years have gone by since I've put pen on paper
Allowing my soul to free itself from its fleshly constraints.
Looking back now,
I wonder why I'd imprisoned it, myself, in the first place.
I want to start anew.
A fresh and crisp page.
Newly potted ink.
A desk cleared out, given a new purpose.
But
In this act,
I fear I may do myself the injustice of inadequacy.
In this act,
I fear I may inadvertently erase my past self.
In this act,
I fear I may write up a new persona, someone who is not really me.
And oh what a shame that would be,
For everything I'd done and said as a naive adolescent
It would all be in vain.
So yes,
It's been a while since I'd sat down with myself,
Had a conversation with my thoughts and my heart and my innermost secrets I've hidden from my own mind.
And so yes,
I want to start fresh, to start anew.
But should I? Will I?
Most likely not.
I haven't opened up Hello Poetry since I was 16. Back then, I'd been so full of ambition and excitement, finding a community to delve into with all my might. But quickly, I found myself embarrassed and I hid myself once more. Looking back, even my username is sort of silly, clearly a girl who was trying too hard to be noticed. But I won't change it. I've grown to love who I used to be, even if I am not her anymore.