Metacognition: Individual Poems

As I continuously rewrite my poem, I find myself running into the same obstacles. Mainly, does it make sense? Because I had chosen a "reoccuring image," the picture and setting can be crystal clear in my head. This means the obscure, shady descriptions I normally associate with poetry only make sense to me, the insider who already knows the story. Going about a rewrite, I had to try to put myself in another's shoes and perspective. I had to ask myself, would I be able to know what's going on the way this is worded? Would I be able to tell I am talking about frisbee's if I had no prior knowledge for example. This is something that all writers of any sort should do, but take with a grain of salt. I find it's a helpful question to ask, but can't be held against everyone every moment because one of my favorite parts about literature is the mystery and twists and room for interpretation. I would like there to be a medium ground for what makes sense to my audience while acheiving the more figurative sense that I normally keep in mind. In the end, that's what made it difficult. I have this one idea of how poetry is supposed to be formatted; In being more bold with my claims sometimes, I took a larger step out of my bondaries but still need to work on being striaght forward when need be.