What was I thinking?

What was I thinking?

I was a newsletter editor for over ten years

Doing so overcame my fears

Of writing for others

I took some writing courses

To improve my poetic discourses

I started writing

It was quite exciting

To be creative

I found some communities

That presented some opportunities

To share my work

However I found

That some communities frowned

On newbies

I realized there were cliques

And they were not unique

To any one community

Eventually I came across

One that was boss

So I joined

The writers were great

The community was first rate

Then some nasty

People decided to get trashy

And the community was gone

Another took its place

To fill the empty space

Now that community has left

I am bereft

It feels like the rug

Was given a tug

And pulled out from under me

I can still write

In spite

Of this development

But do I want to place

My writings on a community base

Filled with cliques

What was I thinking?

I must have been drinking

To believe

That my favourite community would never leave

© Phil Renaud 2015