Our Summer : My Truth

Is this GOODBYE??

Vanakkam (hello) you all. 

As you have noticed I haven't posted a poem in about a month and typically this post would begin with me apologizing and proceeding down below would be a new poem of mine. Sadly to say this is not the case. 

There have been numerous outside pressures that have prompted me to consider to change who I am as a poet and to no longer desire writing poetry. My mother fears that someone will steal my work, which I'm sure you lovelies will not do because you know that if you would like to use my work you can always DM me. My own insecurities about the topics I desire to write about and the way I chose to do so have caused a drastic change of topics and styles evident in my last 4 poems. I began comparing my work to others and let the number of views get to my head. I have to do this because I no longer enjoy writing poetry; posting a poem feels like a chore. 

Somehow I forget the reason behind why I write, not to become the highest ranking poetry book but to speak my truth. For this reason, I have decided to end this book of poems with the hope that in the soon future I will start writing poems for me again. 

I began this book January of this year during a rough period of change in my life. Writing poetry has gotten me through some tough periods of my life and without you all who knows where I would be as a person. The community we have built and the joy I have received from being a writer on Wattpad has created some amazing memories. And because I believe in us and what we have created I will not be "unpublishing" this book but instead labeling it completed "hopefully only for now". 

I want you to know that I am not ungrateful for your support. I truly appreciate every single one of you. I have to do this for me. I hope that soon I will be back, writing poems that I truly enjoy and not writing about topics that everyone wants to read.  I hope that you will support me in future ventures but for now stay kind, stay open-minded and continue spreading positive vibes throughout your community. 

~ Have you ever done something kind for yourself just because??

Yes, I'm trying to. I hope you try to as well. 

Humbly I sign off...

xoxo

D.O.