reflection...later

yeah, i still have problems with thinking about the way i write. i'll admit that much right now. i am getting better but i still forget most of the time. when i do try i do a decent job. like with the poem i posted here. i've been working on it for a while with input from a few people. it's gotten way better and i've gone from a draft to a much better, more polished piece of writing that does just what i want it to to the reader. i love that feeling. i want it more often. i still have a little ways to go, though. i need to make it clear that the meaning of christmas is corrupted by the fact i am without a certain person, namely sara. so i'll work on that. but the three line stanzas are working as intended, i think. i like the idea of breaking that rule and having odd numbers of lines in a stanza. i'm also doing better at finding multiple possible topics from one basic subject. used to be i'd have my one idea and that'd be it, i just couldn't think of more. now i'm coming up with lots more ideas. so yeah, i can feel my writing moving forward a bit even though i'm not putting in as much as some of the people in this class, i don't think...maybe i'm wrong. i'm just busy as hell all the time right now.