Untitled Rhetoric

I am just a man… experienced, retired, and writing daily about things I had, remember, or miss but only in terms of BEING THERE. I have strengths and weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and accomplishments. My pride and ego want to share what I have done, where I have been, in the hopes you will marvel for me where I cannot. My writing always needs polishing as I either write to much or tell instead of show. Most of the time I cannot see what I am supposed to see and it makes me wonder about my personality. I destroy relationships if you get too close and then wonder what I did to push you away. I am on Substack because there is actually no place else for me to go. I wonder everyday why I call myself a writer when I have published nothing except on social media platforms which has nothing to do with publishers wanting me…