No, poetry doesn't get a good reception - even in quote threads...

I suppose this can be our poetry thread. Why not? It'll contain it for those who can't handle our poetry skilz.

Dominion of fear

• There is so much I want to say
• But I find it so difficult to speak freely
• For Fear of being put down
• So I focus on looking at fears
• Confronting my fears
• Facing my fear
• Dominating my fears
• Fearing nothing when I speak
• As if nothing around me is relevant
• As if nothing can subjugate me to their will
• Taking offence or otherwise
• And I'm caught up in this world
• As if the other person isn't there
• As if their considerations are irrelevant
• As if the pain of what I say dosen't hurt them
• And doesn't bring the fear into them
• And if they do dominate that fear
• It matters not
• For we've dominated ourselves
• Not knowing we've dominated one another

Inspired by Malcolm X, the hope that expressing these insights will be a therapeutic supplement to downtimes in my concentration & my own upbringing and ongoing recovery from PTSD.

It sounds terrible to me honestly, but I hope being brave enough to brave it might encourage others to do the same - permission to make bad art! It's certainly helped me feel better writing this.