Silently scolded for working out loud

So I wrote some poems to try & get the story rolling again
no plot progress happened
So I wrote some poems to try & get myself going again
all I got was squelched by a multitude
of people (& highly misinterpreted, but what's new?)

So far, getting burnt for my own work AGAIN
is all the progress I got.

No, I will not hide behind story lines & if others want to take
personal offense to me expressing myself in a way that
really has nothing to do w/ them, then I don't know what to say,
other than: I'm going to keep doing exactly what I'm doing
regardless.
No, I will not continue to be afraid to speak openly
this is something I've had to deal w/ for years
(& not to say I'm the only artist to ever struggle w/ this, since odds are it's common)
but friends not even taking the time to speak to me personally before
jumping to an assumption (hearing the real deal) & lurching me in the dark
___that's just down right low.

If people would rather fill in the blanks w/ insecurity (another commonality)
than just talk to the person who created the piece of work
which apparently caused so much confusion, then nothing can be done
to assist the process of understanding or gaining a common ground
which is more to the liking than volatility.

I will never apologize for my work.
If others want to paint their own reflective emotions on it & shun me, well
more quiet time for work.