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I Deleted My Blog, Lost My Voice, And Here’s Why I’m Finally Writing Again
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This week has been one of the good ones. My blog has started great, and I owe it to all of you! But as I sit here writing, I can’t help but reflect—why did I ever stop?
Years ago, I had a blog that was performing quite well. I had a decent following, earned some money, and things were looking great. Then one day, without warning, I deleted it. Just like that. I know, it sounds ridiculous now. But back then, something in me snapped. I wanted to erase that part of myself, and in the process, I wiped my blog off the internet— and out of my life.
Why did I do it? At the time, everything felt overwhelming. People made assumptions about me. Some even called me “dark and twisted” because of the themes in my poetry. One friend said I was like two different people—the friend they knew and the person they saw in my writing. That comment broke me. I became so scared of what others thought that I stopped. I told myself it would just be a short break, maybe a week or two. But every time I tried to write, I’d hear those voices in my head—judging me, labeling me—and I couldn’t put my words from pen to paper.
Eventually, my poetry, which had always been my escape, started to feel like a trap. The fear of…
