Hands Of Poetry; Introduction

To follow through with your dreams is one of the most challenging tasks,

and I know this better than anyone because that's what I'm facing.

It's an intimidating cycle of ''am I good enough?'' and ''will I succeed?''

Which, in most cases, people are only as lucky as the universe wants.

My dream is unrealistic to a few, more of a dream than reality,

but it's never wrong to embrace your talents and passions-

for the most part; that is what makes you different.

If standing out means taking more risks in life, so be it.

let yourself be free in the aspect of creativity; artfully speaking,

and let there be no boundaries in your blossoming process.

My dream in this case, is my desire to publish a book.

I know it sounds crazy, but poetry makes me feel alive.

As a child, I was entangled in this vivid imagination

that only surfaced after my first heartbreak

but ironically enough, that was a start.

I began reading intensely into the whole thing

poetry books became a big part of my life

from that point on and I knew in my heart

this is what I wanted to do with life.

I wanted to create, it was my destiny

it felt like that from the very start.

From the age of 13 and so forth

it became a need to write

I took great pride in what I believed

which made me even more determined

to prove myself good enough.

Throughout the last 3 years,

I've found myself going through

difficult times of darkness, isolation

and most of all, unrequited love.

Emotions were building as I fell apart

and soon enough, drastic measures were taken

but as you can hear, I'm slowly recovering.

Since then, I took every ounce of bad

and created something worth the read.

As many will understand, it wasn't always

good like how others wrote or spoke

but it was true, raw emotion

no filtered words.