‘The Prose’

What a beautiful challenge, you pose:

To speak about ‘The Prose’.

I found it almost by accident.

I had been working on a poem or two and didn’t really know what to do.

I was alone in my little world, writing and rewriting to keep the doldrums away.

I enjoyed the writing, but I missed the sharing. The thing that brings fulfillment.

The feeling that I’ve published.

The expectation that someone will read it.

The anticipation that someone may be touched by it.

The hope that they will let me know, if it did.

But ‘The Prose’ is much more than that.

At a time when society seems to be coming apart,

People have greater need for sense of community.

Need of social intercourse, of belonging, of sense of common purpose.

I’m a newbie at 'The Prose', but I like what I see. I feel the community.

People writing, reading, sharing and offering encouragement to beginners like me.

I started writing not for money or fame, but to get to know myself better.

And what I learned so far is what an ass I’ve been.

I should’ve started long ago, for a better person I'd've been.

That’s what ‘The Prose’ means to me, and I thank you for the opportunity!