I don't know where I would be if I didn't have poetry. Poetry, I think, saved my life. It's the only place I could stick up for and defend myself. Say what I want and have to say. I can say what I feel, and nobody can say I can't. The reason why I can't just say what I want, when I want, where I want is because I'm scared. I'm too shy, too nervous, I put others feelings in front of my own. I think about others before myself. People say that I'm too nice and that I just need confidence. You see, I live by the saying," Treat others how you wish to be treated.". And by that, I'm afraid that what I have to say would be mean or rude, so I just don't say it at all. And I don't want to get into any trouble, so I just keep my mouth shut and mind my own business. And that's why I have poetry. I can write what I want, when I want and no one can tell me different. And that's how I'm confident.


I may not say it with my words.. But I say it with my writing.