This is so good and a reminder to not stress that our writing is bad. Last line of the second stanza was funny.

Exactly. No better way to word it actually.

I like the rhyme. It adds an almost wise tone to the piece and works very nicely. Makes you seem really smart.... Like, picturing you sitting in an old rocking chair with graying hair and all.

Nicely done. And I like the message.

I like this poem a lot. Your words ring so much truth to them and I love the rhyming. You are good at that!.

I love the way you describe yhe way you write. I agree that you can't really learn poetry. It has to come from your soul and heart. I know everyone has yheir own opinion on how to write for sure. Thats what makes poetry special though. Because we are all different in our own ways. I guess the only flaw in the first stanza is the flow wiyh the wording in the first line buy it is truly no big deal!

The thyming here made me smile a little bit in the second stanza. But again you are right. Poetry comes from a personal side of us which we rarely show. I lovethat how you show this message. From all reality we share our eexperience in our writing to voice what we keep silent inside. Poetry is our voice.

I truly love this ending because it wraps up your poem so very well. As I said before poetry is a voice for the voiceless. It doesn't matter whether its bad or good. We should all write how we feel.

Overall for the message alone this might be one of your best poems I love it! You write a powerful message. I hope more people read this poem and understand it!. Well done. 5

I really enjoyed this poem. You've gotten through to the true meaning of poetry. Excellent write.

I love this...it what I think of mine....I use to write for myself ....but now I just seem stuck....u wrote it perfectly here tho....thanks Timmy...:) great poem 5/5

I like this piece. Its a well written simple reminder of what so many people here understand at some point in time to some extent. Great piece. I like the unique flavor to it as well.

People nowadays never seem to write for themselves and always want to try and impress others, and that makes the poem worse in my opinion,because instead of just writing your feelings out you are just writing metaphor crap to impress. But this poem does ring true in a lot of ways because you should write just the way you want to. There are no tests that need to be true or you have to pass, there is no time limit on much you have to write at all. This poem shows people how to write not in the stand point of writing words but what comes from on the inside. It does not matter what people think about it as long as the author likes it. But here I do like your rhyming a lot, because it flows well with the poem as well as it is not forced at all. The message is strong and well endowed. Well crafted poem!

Oh woww...

Haha I was once like that...was scared to let anyone read my poems because I was scared if they thought it was bad and not worthy and crap...until some people boast my confidence that my writings are worth reading...and the confidence stabled one I came to this site and it also improved and I learnt what you just said in your poem...just write don't think

A really wonderful message for people like me :p

Loved it ♡

That is totally true.
Most people are always afraid of making mistakes, or even afraid of failing to make other find the meaning of what they write, truth be, we are all different, we write differently because we think differently, We read other persons poems and feel like they are better than we are but in the real sense, we are all better with different perception of this and ideas.
If someone wanna be better, they have to keep writing and allow the possibility of imagination in everyday at all time....
This here is a good poem, I like it and so are other people..
Keep writing
Let the poetry fire in you continue burning.