Thank you very much @d-pend. Coming from you, that means quite a lot!

one of my favorite quotes about poetry. William Wordsworth said “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”

I read that quote and it is incredibly apt. I actually considered inserting that one on top, but the other one spoke to me at the time that I wrote this yesterday... vibes and all ;)

it is a way of processing those overwhelms, whether experienced as painful or pleasureful

I really do believe that. And its an exceptionally effective method too.

the grandeur or grand-squalor of an inner state

hahaha! Well said! Sometimes it is both and other times I don't even know what is going on "in there".

I really value your input because the sharing of our "inner selves" with the world is probably one of the scariest things to do, but I have learnt over the years that despite the fear of scrutiny as time to publish approaches and drowning in the "should I have done this" doubts afterward - the positives and what you gain in terms of personal growth for braving both those fronts, far surpasses the negatives.

Whilst I share a lot of my other creative adventures here on the Steem blockchain - when I joined almost three years ago, I shared a LOT of extremely personal experiences - many which I had never shared with anyone before and I very quickly began to discover that not only did many people identify with a lot of what I shared... I also noticed that every time I did it, I felt like a ten ton weight had been lifted off my shoulders. It was incredibly healing. As is poetry.

Thank you again for your very kind reassurance and genuine (I like genuine) input.

Hope you didn't forget to hug a tree yesterday on your excursion :)

!tip