Art shows and apprehension by DominicSavio

Wow, I just posted seven poems! I kind of feel like I just pulled my heart out of my ribs and stuck it on redbubble lol Really though, there’s a kind of stress associated with sharing my personal thoughts and yet I’m always drawn to do it. I guess I feel pretty safe here. The irony is that I can’t imagine being so open with some of the people that are actually around me! And that’s what I want to talk about. There’s this art show coming up that my roommate is putting on and I’ve decided to recite some of my poems there. That in itself is crazy, because I find it hard enough to read my poems to my roommate! But the other thing that occurred to me is that if I’m going to get my poetry “out there” it would only make sense to tell people how they can read the rest. Honestly, I don’t know if I can handle everyone around me knowing that many of my personal thoughts… I also realized that if they’re going to sound like anything, I have to get into the poems, and getting emotional in public sets off another alarm in my head. If you know Jesus, please pray for me, because this could be one art show of many! I have no idea what God’s plans are, but He seems to keep giving me words, so pray that He will use my writing and give me the strength to make my worship very, very public if that’s His will… Thanks everyone, God bless you all <3