on communion

and the only kind of exercise I'll be doing, thank youuu

in the wee phases of my writing, in the now-ancient year of 2020, I became a professional in hiding. I kept my work very much to myself, as all writers do at some point. but when I was confronted with my desire to compile a collection of poems, I had to quickly unpack that shyness. was it just shyness, or was it shame? baring your soul to readers is int…