Hi Jack,
I'm sioux...I totally understand where you're coming from. It took me years before I would share my poetry, because it was something I did just for myself. Then one day a very close friend that also writes poetry convinced me that there just might be others out there who would enjoy reading my poems,so I posted one. I was so amazed that other's could actually feel what I wrote. It was such a high....
Anyway...write for yourself, but please continue to share with us, and maybe one day you'll read a poem that touches you so much you just have to reply to it. After that first time...you've got it made.

Take care, and never give up the pen...

sioux