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She thought she spilled the contents of her heart
But deep inside, she knew she had retreated
From that precipice of exposure
She had to keep some thing alive
And private
And only “hers”

To write with heart and soul but to keep that ‘something’ back
How is that to be achieved?
Or should we spread our best wares in the sun
To fade, at another’s disapproval?
Disinterest? disappointment? distress?
Disgust?

So she divulges that which keeps her sane
And holds to her breast those things
Which could be mis-interpretated, mistrusted,
Misunderstood, misrepresented,
Ruined

And so it is.

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

That's so profound and what we as writers must struggle with... how much of ourselves do we want seen in our work, what parts of our soul can we divulge without losing a bit of mystery that keeps us safe from overexposure... Excellent write.

[kurrupted]

Wow! this is a lovely piece, short but deep, the flow is smooth also.
truly alot of us tend to hold back alot due to the fear of being misconstrued, taken for granted and alot of other "keeping ones distance" hurting situations....although i believe in shakespears saying "FOR ALL THAT I HAVE SEEN AND ALL THAT I HAVE READ, THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER RAN SMOOTH" but then i also equally believe that because of tolerance and togetherness one cannot be taken advantage of.
its about sharing and accepting one for them,
not for blames and any other thing....nice write.

[Sarah]

I LOVED THIS. =O And I can totally relate to want to keep inner-thoughts and feeling private, because you don't want others to interpret them incorrectly or get the wrong idea of you. And I absolutely adored the repetition in "disapproval, disinterest, disappointment, etc" that was fantastic! Great job with this, I really enjoyed reading!