Pep Talk

I’m at this early stage as a writer where I acknowledge people enjoy my more positive stuff the most
The optimistic stuff
The hopeful stuff
The stuff that brings a clarity to their problems.
And I want to be able to give that to you.
I really do.
I want to be able to write words that’ll end wars
That’ll cure heartbreak and heartache
That will change a life for the better.

But I’m also at this early stage as a human where I am aware I cannot do that all the time.
I want to make a difference but I’m too busy making mistakes.
I have days dominated by fear
I have weeks of weakness
I have stagnant sadness just waiting for a ripple.
My own life has so many aspects in it that require help, so how can I possibly expect to help anyone else?

I’m a poet.
But first and foremost, I’m a human
So when you read my words,
When you reference my work,
Don’t read them thinking I know what I’m doing.
Don’t expect to find answers to all your questions, because I have so many of my own that I am very much extremely under-qualified to provide any guidance or closure to anyone.

If my positive poems can bring you joy on a bad day,
Then my hope is that my negative poems can teach you empathy on a good day.
I hope you can see that happiness exists because we have sadness to compare it to
I hope you can find what you’re looking for,
But I truly wish you can be inspired in ways you never thought possible
And find that happiness for yourself.