Hi
I dig what you are saying, and appreciate your passion and candour. I have been on this chain for almost 4 years, I found poetry here and grew a passion for it. As I have for many art forms.
Thank you for continuing to keep it alive here, I have seen it wax and wane over the years, and have seen some amazing writers and artist come and go.
I spend a lot of time with words and rhymes splashing around my brain like a churned up "word salad". My absence does not reflect my intensions. I have a willingness that is not matched by wellness. Illness is effecting my energy but not my enthusiasm.
I haven't written much lately, my ideas and heart and soul have been somewhat silenced by my crumbling body and sluggish synapses. My ego has been challenged in the process. Presented with an opportunity to relinquish control and learn to be content with not achieving has not been fabulous, but very real. Ideas not shared or heard, but simply reflected upon and neither upheld or negated in my solitude has over time proven to be tolerable.

Steemit to me was never about coin or status, I have been socially distant and isolated in a physical sense since 2016. The blockchain kept me connected, the people more present than my geographical neighbours and friends.
I can't imagine how I could have endured the past few years without this community. I look forward to engaging again. Commenting is a great way to start, I will try to do that, but please don't use your upvotes on my comments. I comment because I want to say something. When I break through this BLAH that has me stuck in a fog, and squeeze out something that resembles verse or creative intension, then perhaps you will grace me with a comment. I agree. The comments and interactions add meaning and are what a community grows from, it is a connectedness and an acknowledgement. Then as relationships develop, the value of a thoughtful critique is something else I have learnt to appreciate here.
I am grateful to everyone who continues to hold this place and grow it.
I don;t consider this a "call out" in any negative way. It is a reinforcement and acknowledgement that I am still here and someone thinks my contribution valuable and has potential in helping to build something more.

You reminded me that I do still have something to say.
Thanks.