i wrote my first poem when i was somewhere around the age of two or three, singing out the words, and having my mother write them down.
something about a rose, and its devotion to the light. i have it scribbled down somewhere.
then, the words took form in shaky childs writing, small words and sentences describing fantastical worlds swirling vividly in my mind, and then in elementary school drawl, across colored construction paper, then on my arms and legs in middle school, in black ink scrawling across golden skin, sinking in.
then, books full of endless pages filled with flowing and burning inspiration piled on my desk and by my bed the most ferocious of inspiration finding me in all my highschool classes. a sketchbook, or at least a pen always held close at hand, i even had inspiration in the shower, and sometimes ran out naked if i forgot a pad and pencil.
my love of words started when my mother used to read me poetry in the womb, and play tapes of Native American flute music as she fell asleep to the small, but constant feeling of my unborn lips inside her growing stomach forming the outline of words to be written and said.
i started writing, and it became my addiction; and i've never felt the urge to stop.