I am looking for a place to put all these thoughts! A place where other people can read them! I am a beginner by nature. I am only 18. I am confident in my skill, for my age, but I'll never be satisfied until I can call myself a published poet. Knowing myself I probably won't be satisfied then either. I have kept a journal since I was 11 and have ALWAYS made an effort to write things I'd be proud to read aloud. None of that "I did such and such today" nonsense. I want, someday, to be good enough to be respected as a poet and a writer. I have to start somewhere, so here I am starting.